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Subject:	Re: Mite thresholds
From:	allen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:57:37 -0700
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>      I was under the impression that mites mate with their siblings.  If 
> such is the case, there would be no interbreeding.   Maybe I'm operating 
> under a misconception.

That is why I said multiply and interbreed.  If more than one foundress gets 
into a cell, then the offspring interbreed.  Otherwise they don't.  They 
don't need to, but interbreeding has advantages for the mites.  Perhaps that 
is another reason why when mites get above a threshold level, the effect 
avalanches? 

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