>we can infect bees and treat with a palette
>of medicines to see if any have an effect
Treat hives surely?
Easily done. Remove all mite treatment,
feed, break up 3 hives throughout yard
with TM, VD, & CCD. Wait a week.
If the yard is not infected I would be suprized
Or fresh untreated ccd frames, 1 per hive
But to quantify it is another matter,
each hive and change over time
A ramp inspection/count is pretty crude,
possably a magnitude wrong
But I think anything successful will be
unmistakable in comparison
dave
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