Type: Case Study
Grades: 11
Subject Areas: Biology
Duration: Various
Summary: Accompanying this document is the summary of the research article, “Selective Breeding for Low and High Varroa destructor Growth in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Colonies: Initial Results of Two Generations”, written by Alvaro De la Mora et al. and published in 2020. Alvaro is a Ph.D candidate here at the HBRC, under the supervision of Dr. Ernesto Guzman. In this document, various ideas and prompts for activities that use this summary are suggested. In all of them, the case study is used to further understanding of selection in the evolution units, with additional suggested extensions.
