"J. Waggle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Thus, their resistant bees (to varroa mite) actually may have been bees
selected to produce less brood and to be less able to
sustain mite population growth.  Consequently, they
also would have been less able to collect a surplus of
honey.

The study with which I'm associated doesn't use mite drops as a count criteria.  We actually take bee samples and do an actual count of mites per number of bees; i.e.  sample of 450 bees has a mite count of 15 mites and thus has a load level of 3 1/3 percent.

Mike  Located in lower Alabama


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