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Re: [SG] Wild Honeybees

Hi; a beekeeper on another chat group said that some bees are
mite-resistant, and a small number of honeybees therefore have survived in
the wild.  Perhaps they will increase their numbers by passing on the trait
to their offspring, whom we hope haven't by now lost their ecological niche
to competitors.  This beekeeper made his living by hiring out to various
orchards and farms around the US, then moving his bees at the proper time
for pollination to his client's property.  What I can't understand is why
this mite doesn't infest 'kept' bees.  It's not like they never leave the
hive, so there must exist a risk of exposure.


Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI  USA, Z 5/6
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