Originally Posted by
Jon
That's the theory, but it doesn't really stack up. if you have fast reproducing and slow reproducing mites in a colony the fast reproducing ones will soon dominate.
If the colony starts to collapse due to mite load it will be robbed out by neighbours and the mites will hitch a lift elsewhere.
Slow reproducing mites could coexist with bee colonies if there were no faster reproducing mites present but I cannot see how a situation could arise where faster reproducing mites disappear.
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