In message <B1749ZWRMBW93P*/R=GALAXY/R=A1/U=KCLARK/@MHS>, "Kerry Clark
of AGF 784-2225 fax (604) 784 2299" <[log in to unmask]> writes
>   Dave Black wrote,
>   > "I'd be inclined to select the mites not the bee."
>
>   I agree that it would be easier, and there's also the possible strategy
>   of importing selected non pathogenic mites, but it's not obvious to me
>   that such mites (either selected in place, or imported) would solve the
>   varroa problem.
 
I was thinking along the lines of your earlier post...
   >when unselected bee stock is brought (without varroa) into
   >the area, it too becomes only moderately infested and does not
   >require treatment. The key difference seems to be that 50 to 60 %
   >of these varroa in worker brood are infertile.
 
Maybe we could breed in infertility to the new subspecies 'European
Mite' Varroa jackobsoni europeaus. :-)
--
Dave Black
<http://www.guildford.ac.uk/beehive>,
Guildford, GU1 4RN.  UK.