>> I would like to see Allen attempt to take and interpret mite washes
on his
>> web site next year.
>
> Actually, that is my next move.
I went out and did a sugar shake using two tablespoons of icing sugar
and leaving the bees sitting for a few minutes as Gary recommended. I
then shook all the sugar through a screen onto a saucer and added
water. I saw 17 varroa.
The bees were taken off a frame with sealed brood in the middle and
brood being sealed around the outside.
I then added alcohol to the same bees and did the Alberta Bee Shaker
thing and got an additional 21 varroa -- besides the first 17 that were
still in the saucer.
This is from a three storey hive that has dropped an average of 64 mites
a day over the past five days, with a range from 41 to 107.
I'll do a few more.
FWIW.
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