From: "Peter Schmoeker" <pschmoeker@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 20:36:23
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Hygienic behavior

Dave,

No I do not think the bees are trained, but SELECTED for NOTICING the
varroa. This was accomplished by combining hygienic behavior traits
(killing the larvae) and the pin hole (which was .5mm, to see if the bees
could be selected to notice the hole, and thereby notice the varroa mite).
The experiment was successful, in that the bees selected do chew up the
mites and clean up the colony..up to 95% mite free.

Peter