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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 14011" data-attributes="member: 30">there is a few stories around of old beeks who simply bred from whatever they regarded as the best hives. eg the ones they got the most honey off, and they got decent improvements.two main ways, either select based on criteria or traits of the bees, or select based on overall end results. eg there has been the VSH breeding doing the rounds, which selects based on a trait to achieve mite resistance. but who is to say that the trait is going to give the final result you want. compared that to randy olivers way of selecting based on end results, breed from hives with low mite counts. if you don't know what trait(s) thats going to give you the desired outcome, then selecting from results is a far better but slower way of doing it.</blockquote>

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