On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:24 PM, randy oliver  wrote:

> >
> The reason that I specified *A. mellifera* is that a recent study (Page
> 2016) found that worker pupae of *A. ceranae* apparently exhibit "social
> apoptosis" and die if fed upon by a single mite, or even if artificially
> wounded.  The study has great implications for the breeding of
> mite-resistant *A. mellifera.*
>
>
That probaly explains why resistant hives end up as small colonies.

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