<I would only add to Dick's post that using small-cell foundation has no effect in reducing varroa levels in hives. [Berry JA et al. Small-cell comb foundation does not impede Varroa mite population growth in honey bee colonies. Apidologie 2010.41:40–44.]
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I would add that Michelle Taylor and associates, in New Zealand, where there's apparently no AFB to confound the issue, got the same result.
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