Joe Waggle,
Good for you for following the bees closely to be able to
rule some things out with environment and time of year. Now
in chewing out are you seeing any pattern as to layout
within your colonies, especially if they could be setup
with housel positioning, with drone and larger culled to
the periferies and smaller/more uniform to the center of
the broodnest?

 Are periferies more attractive to mites with larger cells
laidout/culled to there; also with more slightly cooler in
hive temps, that then might make the bees chew out there
first, thus being maybe a more reproductive zone to watch
closer? If they, the bees can keep these spots in tact and
under control with first reactions there, then could mites
be kept away by the bees from the core of the working
broodnest for better control during active year? It would
seem so in a way, the way we talk on phasing in new frames
SC and culling to sides and then up and out with straight
culling when empty or culling when extracting, and perhaps
a rotation scheme to follow when putting in new foundation
to get drawn out.

 But for triggering traits and characteristics, how many do
you thing might be involved? Seems there might be several
beekeepers may want to look for. And how would it vary from
type of bee used also? So many things to consider....though
all very similar.....

Regards,

Dee 




 
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