Bob wrote:
> AND the fact cerana uses a small hole in the cell of
> drone brood to remove and control varroa as big a factor as the above.
Is this correct? I have seen (and photographed:
http://www.stratfordbeekeepers.homecall.co.uk/CeranaDroneBrood.JPG) the hole
in the centre of the caps of drone cells and I cannot see how a varroa mite
could be removed through it - just too small.
Best wishes
Peter Edwards
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