> A Female mite that mates with her son will never produce mature adult off spring due to the post capping period will not be enough to have for full development of a daughter female mite
That may be true but in her next round as a foundress, she would start as a fertile female and reproduce normally - if there's such a thing as normal in mite reproduction.
Bill Hesbach
Cheshire CT
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