> Isn't that assuming that all of the mites in the colony do, in fact, carry 
> the same genes?

Just as a point of interest, Dr. Dennis Anderson told us at a recent 
beekeeping conference that it is his opinion that there was only one (1) 
Varroa destructor mite that made the jump from Apis cerana to Apis mellifera 
and all those varroa today are descendents of that one (1) varroa.  Does 
that mean then that they are all carrying the same genes?

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA 

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