I too saw this hive at Apimondia in Ireland and have wondered ever since if the rotation concept would be worth trying. I see from the Anivet web site:
http://www.anivet.hu/?page=kaptarrol_en
however, that there are some discouraging "experimental" results posted. In part these results say "After the production season is over, and the breeding stops, an acidic mite protection has to be applied against surviving mites and those which are brought in." The whole description of the experiment suffers badly from translation mistakes, but it seems as if the rotation method wasn't sufficient to keep the mites at a very low level. 
This advertising sounds like the claims that used to made in touting the so called benefits of the expensive plastic ANP combs of 15 years ago. The ANP comb was heralded as a mite suppression scheme- but I never saw a proof of that claim. I would really like to hear what Eric Mussen thinks of the method now that he is trying it out..
                                                          Ernie Huber

   
    

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