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Re: Commercial bombs
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Paul Hosticka <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 18 May 2017 11:59:27 -0400
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>If we can paint bees,  why don’t we paint mites 

In league with Aaron I believe that a bit of levity is good for the list so here is a true story.

Some years back while marking a batch of newly mated queens I had a queen in one hand and my marking stick in the other when to my surprise right on the thorax of the young beauty...  I saw a mite. Let my say that I have never seen a mite on a queen before or since and this mating nuc was not even heavily infested. What to do? I marked her and saw a tiny blue spot rush off and into the colony. Being of a scientific mindset I kept a sharp eye out but alas I never saw her again. More research is clearly needed.

Paul Hosticka
Dayton WA

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