>
> >if the bees seal the hole... how do the pupa get air then Peter?
They don't--the bees apparently only seal to entomb the pupa and mites if
they detect too many mites in the cell (likely by odor, or perhaps a warning
pheromone from the pupa). The mites then die in the cell, which is never
unsealed.
> >as Dr. Harris says they do at times
I'd need to hear this directly from Dr. Harris.
> (with his hypothesis to keep varroa out)
>
Ditto.
Randy Oliver
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