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 *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html