Joe writes: > A focus on bee disease and controls without any consideration towards the value of resistance mechanisms found in traits, would be distressing, at least for myself. Since I was the one who posted the EXCERPTS, allow me to comment. These journal papers are copyrighted and therefore I cannot post from them at great length. I offered a small portion of the work, for review purposes only. Of course breeding was discussed, has been discussed for one hundred years as a solution to bee disease. In fact, they say: > The selective breeding of Varroa tolerant bees is considered to be the only long-term solution of the Varroa problem. Biology and control of Varroa destructor Peter Rosenkranz, Pia Aumeier, Bettina Ziegelmann Journal of Invertebrate Pathology www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00222011 Question: Why are we still discussing it? *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L