>
> >In experiments measuring the growth of mite populations in colonies
> started with equal number of mites, it is not uncommon to find many-fold
> differences between colonies tested at the end of two to three months of
> good conditions (with no robbing and little drift?).


I'm quite curious about this phenomenon, which I also observe.  Jose, did
you do anything to measure drift?  Some studies suggest that drift of bees
between hives sometimes occurs at surprisingly high rates.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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