> I have combed the research and can find no proof that breaking the brood
> cycle alone will cause a significant reduction in long term mite load. . . .
>
> Have you read Mel Dissolkens work???  With continuous brood breaks and
> splits he seems to remain TF.
>

I wouldn't consider Mel's work "proof" of anything. Not a knock on Mel or
his work. He has a theory and a system that appears to work well for him.
But no study, science, data points or math behind it. There are several
other people that are TF that have their own method or system (Bush, Lusby,
Solomon Parker to name a few) that appears to be successful independently,
but doesn't migrate or scale very well. Personally, unless it's supported
by science I remain skeptical.

I followed Mel several years back (8 or so, I think, from the first time I
read his system), and tried it a few years. It never seemed to take off the
ground for me. My honey yields didn't increase (didn't decrease either), I
had more but smaller hives, and mite re-infestation and collapses year
after year. I stopped trying after a few years, and stopped following Mel
at that point in time (2011 if memory serves me right).

Super nice guy Mel is, and very knowledgeable. But whatever works for him
in his area, doesn't seem to work well in mine.

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