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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Breeder of queens Koss" data-source="post: 13467" data-attributes="member: 449">One of the mechanisms of resistance to the varroa mite is cell resealing. Recapping.   Bees sense a mite in the cell, open the cell, which leads to disruption of the development of the mite's reproduction cycle.  The founder female leaves the opened cell and tries to reproduce in another cell.  It happens that it remains in the old cell. Unlike the vsh sign, when the bees eat the pupa, during recapping the pupa continues its normal development.   In the photo, pay attention to the nature of the closed cells. And the number of such cells. Of course, accurate data can only be obtained by opening the brood under a microscope. Perhaps it was not a tick, but a moth.[ATTACH=full]1787[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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