From: "deelusbybeekeeper" <deelusbybeekeeper@excelonline.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 07:41:00 -0700
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Hygienic Behaviour. Grooming Station?

Erik replied

> My guess is that it is

Reply:
No it is not!! This is a normal feral bee and hive grooming entry behavior
for all bees regardless of colour and subcaste and seen on all colonies that
I know of for natural grooming. We have it with all of our colonies
regardless of type of honeybee. Yellow, black, big, small, and half/half
color.

Dee

> >The bee in
> >the center was making very exaggerated movements with
> >it's mandibles and the other bees were vigorously
> >cleaning the bee.
>
> >Is this hygienic behavior a
> >reason for mite resistance in the Russians? Or unique
> >to the Russians?