>
> >At this point, I am trying to guess mite populations from a natural drop.
> Using a
> 100 multiplier
This is one of the problems with natural drop--in order to use it to predict
the total mite population, you need to use a multiplier, which varies
greatly depending upon the amount of brood and the season. That is why I
attempted to work such a conversion into my Excel spreadsheet, by scouring
the literature for actual data in which natural drop was compared to
measured total mite populations. You may find it useful...
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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