deeper dive in to Ramesh Sagili 's work with mite reductions numbers
https://tvbabees.org/resources/Documents/TVBA_Sagili_Feb25_2020.pdf
As I read it a single oav treatment had reduced eggs by 14%, young larva by 7.7% and older larva by 4.5 %. compared to control, while the mites grew by 77% in 3 weeks vs a 81% reduction in mites for the formic.
I wonder what the brood damage would have been if they used enuf OAV treatments to gain mite control, seems odd to test brood damage with one treatment at a level that doesn't control mites and the outer at one that does
Seth C
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