> >Do you recall what the % phoretic count was for the nuc with mites in
> almost every cell?
>
That was the last one that we checked (after we had put away the alcohol
wash materials), and didn't do an alcohol wash on it.  But mite levels were
pretty consistent in the 1-4% range.

>
>  Most had very few mites in the first cells--maybe one out of 10 or more
>>> cells.
>>>
>>
> >This still sounds like a high infestation to me, or is a 10% brood
> infestation common?


In this case, we are not talking about "common,"  this number was for the
first few cells capped once a new queen began laying after a 10-12 day
hiatus.



>   >This probably means that most of the brood that was capped later has
> lower infestation than the frame you checked?
>

That would be my guess, but I have no data to support.

Randy Oliver

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