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Those colonies with good beekeeping attributes that can maintain mites
low consistently are memorable. Makes one a believer, which is not a
very scientific or objective attitude. It would be fantastic if they
could become more frequent within an apiary, in operations, globally
and be consistently useful and used.
With natural mating and the recent findings of the number of drones
contributing to the worker population in a colony it is not surprising
that progress in increasing the frequency in a closed breeding
population is extremely slow. One could attempt to model it and
confirm it, but the obstacle is obvious. Instrumental insemination can
speed this up incredibly, at least to prove the concept that the trait
is heritable.
Obvious obstacles and pitfalls have become obvious to those of us who
thought the beneficial genes would spread like wildfire. Colonies with
VSH (then called SMR) producing negative mite growth were first
described 25 years ago. Some are still trying to extend these results
beyond the research apiary. Plenty of examples in Europe (google
Arista Bee) and the U.S. (peruse some of the projects funded by Project
ApisM.).
Cottonwood Creek Apiaries
P. O. Box 1032
Crestone, CO 81131
719 256 4010
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