Varroa Be Nimble, Varroa Be Quick

[Ben Framed]

I did. not realize how agile varroa destructor is until I viewed the following video posted here some time ago by one of our members: "Maggiesdad" Watch closely...

https://youtu.be/Oij1HOxD3iU

[AR Beekeeper]

And they are very, very, fast when attaching themselves to a passing bee.  I watched a mite attach it's self to a bee moving up the landing board toward the hive entrance, and had I blinked I would have missed it.  It was as if there was a static electricity attraction that drew them together. 

[The15thMember]

And they are very, very, fast when attaching themselves to a passing bee.  I watched a mite attach it's self to a bee moving up the landing board toward the hive entrance, and had I blinked I would have missed it. It was as if there was a static electricity attraction that drew them together. 

I wonder if there was.  Bees do build up a positive charge as they fly.  It helps negatively charged pollen to stick to their bodies, but perhaps it helps varroa out as well.