From: "Peter Schmoeker" <pschmoeker@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 14:55:47
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Hygienic behavior

Dave,

Before the experiment was done, and bees were selected for the "hygienic"
trait using the pin-kill method, the hives were not 85-95% mite free. This
is a fact, whether we understand all the parameters involved or not.
I am not trying to be a Guru of selecting bees for hygienic behavior to
control mites...but I do see this method working, and providing OTHER ways
to help beekeepers with Queen breeding programs to control the mite problem
without chemicals (and devastating their income by having to change over to
4.9 cells).

Peter