> What is the significance of the hive numbering in respect to the
> physical placement of the hives ?



From the web page at http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/2004/diary100104.htm

 (I updated it last night and added a graphic)



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The hives in grey boxes are this year's Australian packages and have never
been treated.  Those in pink are overwintered hives that have not been
treated since the spring before this past one.  At that time, they got one
strip of Apistan®.



We did not use any oxytet in the hives since Spring 2003, either, and we can
see a few cells of AFB.



Here is the same data in a chart.  What can we see here?



(CHART)



Possible interpretation:



Knowing that these hives were sampled and numbered from one end of the
outfit to the other end, and that the hives are mostly in four-packs, we see
that the high counts are grouped in one area.

  a.. Did one hive (17) rob a feral colony and bring back mites that then
drifted with bees to nearby hives?

  b.. Did one or two hives miss the last treatment a year and a half ago?

  c.. Are the higher scoring hives facing east or west?  I'll have to check.

  d.. Has one hive developed resistant mites that then spread?  I really
doubt it.

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Good questions.  I'll have to go out and see how Medhat numbered them.



allen

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