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On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, \Dr. Pedro P. Rodriguez wrote:
> Lets all hope and pray that the mites do not end becoming parasitic to
> the bees too. That's all we need in addition to Varroa.
Rest easy. There is virtually no chance that a phytophagous (plant-
feeding) mite would become obligately parasitic on an animal, such as a
honey bee, even in the absence of the mite's host plant.
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Tom Culliney Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry,
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"To a rough approximation and setting aside vertebrate chauvinism, it can
be said that essentially all organisms are insects."--R.M. May (1988)
"Bugs are not going to inherit the earth. They own it now. So we might as
well make peace with the landlord."--T. Eisner (1989)
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