Hi Scot

> Dee never mentioned nor hinted at trachael mites starting out
> as external parasites. She has merely stated that mites have around
 > for a long time.

She has not mentioned it in this recent round of discussions, but I
suggest you visit the BioBee archives (wherever they now are).

Dee and I have had many, many discussions about many, many aspects of
bees over a six or seven year period... Among them a conjecture by Dee
about Tracheal mites invading bees due to increase of size (of the bee
that is).

http://www.bee-l.com/biobeefiles/members/
is the only thing I can find, but perhaps I'm not looking in the right
places.



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