--- allen dick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/Publications.htm?seq_no_115=178712
>
> Well, I think the article you cited does not
> actually confirm your
> assertions.

Yes it does.  The SMR (suppression of mite
reproduction) was named because it was thought the
bees increased the infertility of mites.

This was show to not be the case, therefore "SMR" dose
does not exist!  This varroa specific hygienic
behavior needs a new name as SMR does not fit here
now.



Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Small Cell Beekeeping
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
http://www.biologicalbeekeeping.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Organicbeekeepers/




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