>
>
> >And soon, -as the stage we are in at my area, -mites are
> relegated to a minor status in relation to the main factors
> which contribute to colony losses.
>
> J. Waggle
And which are those main factors?
galaxy-->sun-->earth-->weather-->feed production (environmental offer)
-->energy demand (temperature,
wind/shelter)
beekeeper-->managment-->queen change
--> spring sanitization of equipment
-->wax innocuity
-->reserves left / feeding&nutrition
Varroa rate of increase (r) as per louisiana 10 year study ... is correlated
to ENSO
Juanse Barros J.
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