If female mites are found in drone brood according to a Poisson distribution that says they do not seek out cells already containing a female does it not?
That is true.
But it's not what I saw. So I am going to have fun and look at more drone brood. Now that I'm retired, I can "waste" time like that. While I'm pulling out the drone pupae I notice all kinds of things and find myself thinking in new ways, and I just enjoy it. For instance: What if the mites populate brood differently at different times of the season? Or perhaps they are found in a different distribution when a flow is on, vs no flow? And where do they "hang out" during end-of-season drift? Lots of stuff to think about....but first I have to read the paper Randy told us about.
Christina
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