Norwegian study on varroa resistance mechanisms

[Fusion_power]

https://peerj.com/preprints/2976.pdf

There are some very interesting conclusions reached among which is that VSH is not important to resistance.

Credit: Posted by Juhani Lunden on Beesource a couple of days ago.

 

[Finman]

which is that VSH is not important to resistance.
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That cannot be the conclusion.

Supressed mite production has been known long time.

They just found such population from Norway. That is conclusion.

 

[Lancs Lad]

It is very interesting in that it mirrors the work done in the same way by other groups. Going treatment free in a local population is starting to pay dividends, in the UK work in this direction by David Heaf and Gwynned beekeepers obtained the same results.