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Re: Fall mite drop
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Bill T <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:12:34 -0400
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wonder if the wet summer weather had anything to do with it.  After I
removed the supers at the end of August I requeened and in the process
of killing the old queen I noticed bees with the tell tell signs of
Varroa.  Deformed wings.  Anyone else noticed an increase?

Yep. Which is why I had to treat early.  Sounds like we had the same
conditions you had.

There were a lot of beekeepers who lost hives during the year because
there was just no nectar and lots of swarms and absconding,

Then, about the end of August when I had given up on the year, good
weather came and went from empty supers to two to four deep in a
heartbeat. Pulling them tomorrow.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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