On 29-Dec-17, at 9:15 PM, Juanse Barros wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Peter Borst
>
>> As Randy mentioned, the African bees in Africa developed varroa
>> resistance
>> in less than a decade, but they didn't do it by conventional breeding
>> methods.
>
>
Hi Pete, Juanse & All
Is the timing of brood development of Scuts not part of the reason for
their resistance to varroa? 19 days as compared to our 21 for
workers. Warmer ambient temperatures(more beneficial to bees than
varroa) and absconding/swarming behaviour also!
Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W
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