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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 14021" data-attributes="member: 30">not going to happen.  do you remember last time and that was just with seamen.also i don't think we need to. more than likely we have the genes in our stock. it just boils down to cost. we need a few big crowds with 1000+ hives each (more the better), who have a queen breeder and staff who can go varroa check hives.its also a little bit better if they also put hives in high density aeras eg kiwifruit pollination. you want the hives to be exposed to mites from other hives.thats a problem i suspect randy and others are facing and i assume they have a way around that. if all the hives around you are semi resistant to mites then you won't have any mites to test your hives with. the more resistant your hives get the worse that issue becomes. so you need a means of reliably exposing the hives to varroa.this is something aussie should be jumping on and be full swing into.</blockquote>

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