I'm sorry if I was a bit rough in my previous post about making informed
posts.
I would assume that anyone posting to Bee-L would have a minimal
understanding of varroa mite biology.
The mite enters an uncapped cell and hide in the jelly. The workers then
cap it. The 5th-instar larva consumes the remaining jelly, freeing the
mite. Thus, larval feeding takes place in uncapped cells. The 5th instar
larva then defecates and spins a cocoon.
So if you open freshly-sealed cells, prior to the larva spinning the
cocoon, you'd obtain larvae with the full complement of pollen in their
guts.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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