>
> >Why would one believe
> that bees from hives with a higher varroa population would be more
> likely to drift to those with smaller?


No such assumption, Dan!  That's why I used the diffusion model.

 If equal numbers of bees drifted back and forth randomly between all hives
in an apiary, then those with a lot of mites would tend to lose mites, and
those with few mites would tend to gain mites.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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