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Does anyone know of research done on the incidence of varroa infestation
of queen cells produced in varroa infested hives?
D. DeJong in Morse and Nowogrodzki 1990 H B Pests Predators and Dis,
says "Generally, cells with queen larvae are not entered (by varroa),
although varroa have been observed in queen cells in heavily infested
colonies."
I realize that queen cells, with a development time of about 16 days,
represent an environment with no possibility of varroa reproducing,
and should therefore be very unattractive to varroa; but does anyone
have information about how certain is the absence of varroa in Q cells?
The Q cells are quite different from other brood cells and should be
easy to avoid, but how often does a varroa make the mistake?
Kerry Clark, Apiculture Specialist
B.C. Ministry of Agriculture
1201 103 Ave
Dawson Creek B.C.
V1G 4J2 CANADA Tel (604) 784-2225 fax (604) 784-2299
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