Hello Everyone,

Karen wrote:
>Otherwise, we would be
>seeing pockets of resistant feral bees building back up (since they have
had
>as long or longer exposure to the mites as her bees) and true ferals
from
>prior to man-made foundation did exist in the US previously .. some of
them
>had to have been on this more 'natural' cell size and had the genetic
base
>to survive, if her hypothesis is true.

Maybe this could be a factor in the reports noted on bee-l of the return
of feral bees in the southeast and west coast states by various people.

Dennis