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Fri, 6 May 2011 06:16:47 -0700
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 "What we see now is brood that was previously capped, then uncapped at the purple-eyed stage, and then (apparently) recapped.  It appears to me that it is a mite-control measure that dessicates the male and immature female mites--something that the bees "figured" out."

Is this anecdotal evidence or has there been some actual observation of this process occurring?  If this is, in fact, occurring; has there been an effort made to determine if this trait is hereditary and have daughter queens been raised whose offspring also exhibit this trait?  If so, I want some queens to through into my genetic pool.


Mike in LA

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