--- Hervé Logé <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello,

Thanks for the informative response from yourself and
Bob on this fascinating subject!

...The allogrooming behaviour described and evaluated
> is very similar to Seeley's description. But its
> efficiency was not sufficient to explain the
> tolerance
> phenomenon.

Yes!  Not sufficient (as I understand) due to the
survival of the mite and ability to quickly climb back
on another bee. Perhaps allogrooming such as I am
seeing occurring at the perimeter outside the colony
in a location such as that any particles removed may
by more chance to fall harmlessly to the ground or
cavity below.


Do you believe Allogrooming and autogrooming are
separate, or would they be correlated to a high degree
with hygenic, cleanliness and to each other?  As
definition may suggest them different as Allogrooming
or social grooming requires a high degree of
communication, whereby a bee solicits grooming from
another bee (allogrooming).  Autogrooming on the other
hand is grooming directed at one's own body. Whereby a
bee without assistance from another bee grooms itself
(reviewed in Wilson, 1975).



=====
Joe Waggle ~ Organic Beekeeper,  Derry, PA
'Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
"Using humane and holistic beekeeping methods"
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