>>The tracheal mite clearly has had a long term evolutionary relationship
with Apis mellifera, almost certainly beginning eons before its discovery
in the early twentieth century
That is exactly the claim for which I've not yet seen supportive evidence.
Upon what are you basing that claim?
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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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