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Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:58:11 -0600
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Re: Varroa and bumble bees
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Varroa mites have been found on flower feeding insects such as the bumblebee Bombus pennsylvanicus, the scarab beetle Phanaeus vindex and the flower-fly Palpada vinetorum (Kevan et al. 1990). Although the Varroa mite cannot reproduce on these insects, its presence on them may be a means by which it spreads short distances (phoresy)


Interesting,  so a forager with a mite starts rolling in pollen, and the mite falls off and jumps to the next bug to visit the flower??   

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