From: RSBrenchley@aol.com
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 04:30:20 EDT
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Mite damaging behaviour

> I have done so. I found that at each successive 24 hour check at
> approximately monthly intervals a higher proportion of the mites
> appeared to be damaged. Could this be evidence of a learning process?

I believe that this is what's being suggested but I wonder whether it
could be a case of the behaviour being triggered by increasing numbers of
mites. I don't see an easy way to distinguish between the two.

Regards,

Robert Brenchley
RSBrenchley@aol.com
Birmingham UK