Table 1.

Response code frequencies showing the range of beekeeper beliefs about the advantages and disadvantages of managing for Varroa (n = 3519)

Advantages	Count	Disadvantages	Count
Keeps bees healthy	1150	Kills, weakens, or hurts bees	502
Keeps bees alive	1061	Chemicals in colony	486
Reduces disease, pests, or spreading	492	Time	420
Beekeeper management	176	Money	312
Unclear	167	Weakens bee genes	269
Reduces colony loss	163	Increases mite resistance	180
Improve production/profit	151	Is not natural selection	149
Natural or no treatment	77	Extra work for beekeeper	134
Helps neighbors	58	Unclear	133
Reduces strain	57	Additional human–bee interaction	126
Increase number of bees	40	Chemicals in honey	112
		Product or equipment issues	73
		Knowledge	60
		Chemical exposure to beekeeper	37
Total	3592	Total	2993

Open-ended questions, respondents could provide multiple responses