I have someone from Vancouver Island who is involved in a non-profit called Ensure Hive Future. He is working, really, on trying to develop, through breeding, a honeybee that fits with Vancouver Island's characteristics. Varroa are a big issue, and he is really trying to develop traits that would make bees resistant to varroa.
I know, Mr. Rosser, that you don't have the expertise, but can you tell us, from a 30,000-foot level, whether there is research going on in this area? Has there been any promise in the breeding programs, or are we just, for the foreseeable future, going to have to rely on chemical and synthetic methods to take care of this pest?