>there is some caution using dribble this time of year as it seems the bees
> that eat syrup and OA don't live as well thru the winter.
I've only seen data supporting that in a few early studies. In my short
winter climate I don't see any noticable adverse effects from OA dribble
at any time of the year. The benefit of reduction of mites greatly
outweighs any negatives.
I recently had one large commercial guy in Minnesota tell me that he loves
the fall dribble and that it greatly improved their wintering.
I gave a field session in SoCal yesterday, and found mite counts of about
13/100 in two of my four demo washes, and also found a fifth colony in the
final stages of DWV collapse with guanine deposits on the top of nearly
every cell--a great demonstration!
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html