"Bob Harrison" wrote:
> On a positive note a bee which will tolerate varroa has been found but is
> the result of a closed breeding plan from many lines.
> The problem now is as Allen Dick said many years ago would be is that the
> production queens will have to be bought every year as was the case with
the
> Starline & Midnight line from Dadant as the lines used to produce the line
> will need to be maintained in their pure state.

Another treadmill?  The same was seen here with Buckfast bees, but in their
case the problem is the bad temper often produced by a first cross - as my
father found to his cost when he went for Buckfast.

Peter Edwards
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