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Re: Dessication of varroa
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From: Mike S

>"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."


Call me a skeptic on this. Bald brood was around before varroa mites were 
here.

Dave
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