[thebears5454]

The real headline could be more accurately put as "Is modern amateur/hobbiest beekeeping making bee's genetically weaker?"

"None of us knew at the time how strong the selection would be in the wild,” Seeley told me recently. “It turned out that the bees had the variation needed to develop the traits to resist the mites.” While beekeepers were experimenting with chemical treatments and hive designs, the bees in the forest were changing genetically. Their life styles helped them, too. “Colonies living in the wild have many things going for them,” Seeley said. The bees lived in smaller groups, relatively far apart, which made it harder for varroa to spread. They swarmed every year, which broke the reproductive cycle of the mites. (If a colony swarms, the nest is left without bee larvae, which is where varroa mites take hold.)"

Heres a small snippet that briefly explains some of the things some Beekeepers think amateur beekeepers do incorrectly.

[cryptonector]

> Heres a small snippet that briefly explains some of the things some Beekeepers think amateur beekeepers do incorrectly.

Not just amateurs. Professionals too.

[psychphysic]

That makes more sense, but the answer is still of course not.

It's not like beekeepers keep their hives significantly overlap with where wild bees live.