> Can anyone accurately say what a mite count from a 300 bee sample really says? > If one got 2 mites in a 300 bee sample, how many mites are there in a 30,000 > bee colony? I always figure that sampling for varroa mites simply indicates > presence w/ some indication of intensity. But, can anyone accurately predict > what the results indicate? Here are my favorite articles on that topic. http://www.ent.uga.edu/bees/disorders/documents/LeeSamplingVarroaJEE2010.pdf and http://www.extension.org/mediawiki/files/6/6d/Standardized_Varroa_Sampling_Bees.pdf *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html