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    Just to correct my earlier assertion, the mature male is capable of feeding. He just lacks the 'teeth' on the end of his chelicerae so relies on mum (as do his sisters as theirs aren't mature or tough enough) to make that feeding hole.

    http://www.ask-force.org/web/Bees/Ro...arroa-2010.pdf

    To add to the poor fellow's woes, apparently he has only one testis. Probably has to put up with his sisters singing songs about German dictators with an allegedly similar condition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fatshark View Post
    I thought the Varroa defecated at the bottom end of the cell? That's a relatively long way from the feeding hole in the pupa.

    ..............

    PS Do people who study this sort of thing get invited for drinks and canapés?
    Apparently the 5th pupal segment is close to the faecal accumulation site. Foot of page S100 in the paper above.

    You could always invite Peter Rosenkranz next time he's passing!

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    Kill Them, Kill them all

    Then it doesn't matter whether or not the can whistle through their hideous mouth parts

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