Testing for hygienic behaviour
Summary
Hygienic behaviour is a characteristic of honey bees that confers resistance to American foulbrood (AFB) and chalkbrood as well as limited resistance to varroa mites.
Bees that carry the hygienic behaviour trait detect and remove dead and diseased brood before it reaches the infectious stage, thereby preventing the spread of disease within the colony.
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