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The wild hives that I see along the Appalachian trail would disagree of their demise.
by WaitWaitWha 5y ago
The wild hives that I see along the Appalachian trail would disagree of their demise.
- tptacek 5y agoHuh, it turns out that there probably are feral colonies in Appalachia (they were thought to be extinct nationwide) --- specifically because those colonies are Varroa-resistant. Super interesting.
- pedrocr 5y agoGreat video on those bees and how they've adapted to varroa: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T7CB8E7jKBc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T7CB8E7jKBc They had a ~90% bottleneck when varroa arrived and after adapting are now at full strength again.
- sswaner 5y agoMy first thought on clicking that link: “No way I am watching a 1.5 hour video on bees”. 1.5 hours later - absolutely fascinated. Thanks for sharing.