> I'm curious if you ever measure varroa in your hives?  I'd be curious to
> know what kind of counts your hives carry without having problems.

First of all let me revise the brood pattern inquiry to include a 85-90%
range... I have some in that range.

Allen .
I don't monitor regularly anymore except in my breeders and they must below
5% though I don't think I would choose a breeder approaching 5% .
I used to get fairly high loads-around 15%  -especially in the fall but
never had meltdowns-or at least not significant ones.


Thanks Jerry for your comment on brood viability-another tool sharpened.


John Horton
N Alabama

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