Follow this link to read a paper published last year in Bee Culture on the Purdue Ankle Biter grooming bee. This paper has more detailed data regarding the performance of this bee type in the field. Several club members are now utilizing queens with the Ankle biter genes in their hives. Any means of combating the varroa mite is needed.
https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/beehive/pdf/2016_BC_Article.pdf
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