Kevin Gibbs wrote:
> Bill Truesdell wrote:
> Another interesting supposition (snip)
>  So maybe Varroa j can crowd out Varroa d.
>
> Really? I thought varroa J could not reproduce on the european honeybee.

You are right. Thanks for correcting me. The article I read had them
together and I had a leap of logic.

Just curious, though. Have there been tests with V.J/EHB and cell sizes?
  V.J. does migrate to EHB colonies (in Asia) and enters the cells but
does not lay eggs. That sounds familiar.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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