You wrote:
> I have repeatedly observed the way Varroa interact with the first brood cycle after a break in the brood cycle while the new queen mates. 

Thanks for posting this. It is exactly this level of close observation that will reveal what is needed about the dynamics of pest/host interactions. Such observations may enable us to develop new strategies to confuse, interfere and (we hope) outwit parasites while lessening or (again, we hope) avoiding knee-jerk reliance on chemical treatments. It's the Red Queen Race, for sure, and while we may never win it, we need to keep running.

Old joke: two guys are trying to escape from a grizzly bear. One shouts to the other "I don't think we can outrun him!". The other guy yells back: "I'm just trying to outrun you ... "

Pete

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