On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Dave Black wrote: > Sure, but the sort of thing I was pointing to was this. The mite is a > very specific beast and (for a mite) a very unusual shape. This is > because it inserts itself between the abdominal plates and is then hard > to get at. It's so specific that it probably would'nt fit into any other > type of bees interstatial (is that the word?) spaces. And the ones > moving on the bees that you see are quite fast. If we make a bee that > will catch and chew them will it create selection pressure for smaller, > flatter, faster mites that can't be caught... I am not an expert in evolution, but I *don't* think evolution happens anywhere near that fast. Resistance to drugs can, but that is entirely different. Mites physically changing is a different story or am I wrong? Comments?... or ones that pop out of a > brood cell and go straight into the next? Despite our helping the bee's > speed of evolution the mite's is inherently faster. Why would the mites evolution be inherently faster?, even if we could live long enough to see it? Regards, Ian @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ Ian Watson @ @ [log in to unmask] @ @ @ @ THREE BEES: @ @ Bach singer ,/// @ @ Bee keeper >8'III}- @ @ Bell ringer ',\\\ @ @ @ @ 5 hives, 2 years in Beekeeping @ @ St. Catharines, Canada @ @ "I BEE, therefore I am" @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@