Here is an interesting article from Cornell University that indicates that wild bees are adapting to the presence of varroa mites. Natural selection in action. Of course this has been slowly occurring over a period of decades and most beekeepers do not have the patience to wait for this long term phenomenon to occur.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/08/some-honeybee-colonies-adapt-wake-deadly-mites
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