On my recent tour, I stumbled across something interesting that relates to
what we were discussing here recently.
I had said that I seldom see many varroa in burr comb or drones. Here is
what we saw in a hive which gave up only three mites in an alcohol wash of
300 bees taken from the brood comb.
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/images/2009/DSCF6380.JPG
In addition to what you see in the picture, there were four more mites that
we had removed to examine. We also watched misshapen drones emerge nearby
with mites on them. Some were apparently perfect in spite of two mites on
their backs, but some were hopelessly deformed and/or lacking wings.
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