From: Mike S
>"What we see now is brood that was previously capped, then uncapped at the
>purple-eyed stage, and then (apparently) recapped. It appears to me that
>it is a mite-control measure that dessicates the male and immature female
>mites--something that the bees "figured" out."
Call me a skeptic on this. Bald brood was around before varroa mites were
here.
Dave
Retired
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