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Re: Varroa's Law
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Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:23:13 -0400
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Ted Hancock wrote:

>  Last year was my best crop in 15 years.

There have been various guesses about strong hives and Varroa and the best
I have seen is that the strong hives get some of that honey by robbing a
varroa infested hive. This leads to a sudden collapse of the strong hive,
mostly becasue of high varroa and viruses.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME

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