>
>
> >So, what we have is both sides telling the other side they are nuts.
> Neither side seems to pay any attention to the other side.
>

I agree with Dick.  But check actual numbers, rather than exaggerated
claims.  Unfortunately, most researchers start trials with commercial
stock, which is not normally bred for mite resistance.  We could use a lot
more hard-data tracking of colony survival with whatever genetic lines are
being kept by successful TF folk.

And Dick is spot on about location/local climate, as well as amount of
swarming (which reduces mite loads to some extent).

Stay open minded and ask for hard numbers.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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