On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:26:53 -0500, Bob Harrison <
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>Shouldn't your focus be spent on finding a bee which can tolerate varroa or
>another method of varroa control instead of understanding the mechanisms of
>Apistan resistance?

Yes! we need to work in many different directions toward controlling the mite (i.e. we
should not stop working on varroa just because we have the Russian bees!).  I am
also working on other methods of mite control (e.g. mitezapper).

Understanding mite biology (resistance mechanisms included) itself will help in the
long run, even if it looks as though right now it would not help anything.

This is also just my opinion.

Respectfully,

Zachary Huang

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