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Re: Dropping Varroa
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> >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...

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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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