On 30-Oct-15, at 8:52 AM, Jose Villa wrote:

> Zach Huang has a fairly thorough description/summary of varroa mite  
> biology available at:
>
> https://www.extension.org/pages/65450/varroa-mite-reproductive- 
> biology#.VjNmFByBLzt


Hi Jose and all

I read Dr Huang's paper and found the following statement: When more  
than one mite invade a single brood cell, the per capita fecundity  
decreases, as the number of mother mites per cell increases.

Which may put a damper on my previous statement: If several(more than  
one) foundress mites enter a cell the offspring have a good chance of  
being genetically different than their parents.


Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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