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Subject:
CCD in Feral Bees
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Dick Marron <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:40:58 -0400
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Peter Borst wrote:

   >>>>It may also be due to inbreeding. Mites tend to inbreed anyway<<<<

 

I'll say. Since the foundress mite supervises while her son and daughters
have sex with each other, I'd say inbreeding was a possibility. Is it
harmful to the mite? Apparently not.

 

Dick Marron


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