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Subject:	Drifting, robbing, absconding, mite reproduction and "mite bombs"
From:	Christina Wahl <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 16 Jan 2016 14:19:23 +0000
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JV:  The assumption is that these differences are primarily from ways in which the bees or brood allow mites to survive or reproduce.

Assumptions are dangerous. I am glad to notice that a few respondents to this thread are flirting with the idea that *mites* have behaviors.  In thinking about the biology of a host-parasite problem, it is a big mistake to forget/neglect that BOTH participants "behave".  We know very little about mite behavior.  It is time to remedy that, IMO.


Christina

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