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Once again, one need read no further than the title of the paper to plainly see that there are many different ways to describe what varroa does to bees, and that any complete answer is likely to be "book length", given the large number of qualifications and edge conditions to mention. [...]
2024-03-18T19:31:32-04:00James Fischerhttps://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A2=BEE-L;34baf985.2403Re: Didn’t sit quite right
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> While feeding on adult bees, dispersing V. destructor feed on the abdominal membranes to access to the fat body as reported previously. However, when V. destructor feed on honey bee pupae during their reproductive stage, they primarily consume hemolymph, indicated by wound analysis, preferential transfer of biostains, and a proteomic comparison between parasite and host tissues. [...]
2024-03-18T13:10:47-04:00Peter Borsthttps://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A2=BEE-L;6a72bcd1.2403Re: Didn’t sit quite right
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It would be an informative adventure (largely academic) to either calculate or measure the tax of parasitism (as in nutrients robbed) via feeding on haemolymph vs. gnawing on fat bodies. It could be that what a developing family of a male and its sisters takes from the feeding wound opened by the mother mite, probably most likely from haemolymph, is as much or more than what an adult female mite takes to keep itself fed and produce batches of eggs. [...]
2024-03-18T11:18:33-04:00Jose Villahttps://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A2=BEE-L;8a798df8.2403