Allen Dick wrote:

They hatch and mate
> before the bee is ready to hatch. So the mating is definitely
sister/brother.

Does this pass the all, every, and any test?  I think not.  Two unrelated
varroa
mothers could conceivably wind up in the same cell.

allen

Yep. I've seen many examples of multiple invasion of cells by maternal
mites, which must allow for cross fertilisation between the progeny.

Max

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