huestis wrote:

> Do you truly believe
> breeding alone will save the industry?  If 100% resistant queens can't be
> produced consistently year after year it won't happen.  What happens when
> supercedure occurs and natural mating occur with local stock?  Loss of
> resistance??? One can't fight nature! It has a mind of its own
> and will not cooperate.

Operating against nature is very often a losing proposition, but I don't see
that here.  Nature is also selecting for mite resistance, no?

Frank.
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