Hi Chris & All,

> The interesting thing about the one I tracked for same months was that as the
> number of mites increased the proportion of damaged ones increased.  So it
> may be learning rather than inheritance (this was during the winter period so
> the bees were living longer).
>

If indeed it is a learning experience on the bees part it would perhaps show some degree of intelligence and I think that would be
worth propagating by selecting for breeding. You know a Smart Bee.

 . ..   Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/,
c(((([ , Apiarian, http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney/,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/ ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ApiarianBreedersGuild/

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