> Applying treatment if counts are well above threshold can just hasten the demise of a colony that’s on it’s way to collapsing.
Source?
This makes sense to me in the milieu of a long-standing, slowly progressive mite count wherein a substantial amount of brood has been affected and is compromised. Not so much in the circumstance of a rapid mite influx from robbing, which might occur during a dearth in strong colonies with inadequate stores.
S
Skillman, NJ
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