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In the United States, beekeepers experience substantial annual colony losses, largely driven by parasites such as the mite\n                    <jats:italic>Varroa destructor<\/jats:italic>\n                    . We studied a Californian hybrid honey bee population in Southern California, a genetic mix of Western European, Eastern European, Middle Eastern, and African lineages. We predicted that these bees would show lower mite infestation levels because they survive and persist without human intervention. To test this, we monitored 236 colonies over a four-year period. We found that Californian hybrid honey bee colonies consistently had lower mite infestation rates compared to colonies headed by queens from a commercial stock. Consequently, they exceeded standard treatment thresholds (\u2265\u20093 mites per 100 worker bees) less frequently and therefore received fewer miticide treatments. 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