On 07/12/2016 11:17 AM, Charles Linder wrote:
> As soon as the queen start laying those first cells are host to more than one mite. Multiple mites per cell means the larva dies,
> and then by default those mites die also. So the sudden spike in
mites are groomed out in the first few eggs the new queen lays.
How many mites does it take (no ... not to screw in a light bulb) to
kill the larva? If the answer is "two", why don't the mites die from
inbreeding?
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