Margalot Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Hi, not a bee-keeper myself but a humble chicken keeper! however read this article in my local paper yesterday and thought it might be of interest to you all Michelle http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/8339536.Parasite_meets_its_match_in_a_dedicated_beekeeper/?ref=mr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 More here http://www.moraybeekeepers.co.uk/Stanton_Park.htm Francis Ratnieks of Surrey university was researching into these "hygienic bees" as well but I don't know whether this has been abandoned in favour of yet more research into waggle dances. Quite a bit of work is being done around the world into these bees that clear up brood parasitised by varroa. As queens mate with many drones on their nuptial flight I don't know how it would work without artificially inseminating every queen in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 That might depend on whether the trait was associated with dominant or recessive genes? Regards, RAB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Indeed. If dominant one might expect a larger population of these bees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
