>On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, David Eyre wrote:
>
>> The idea of using a trap, is to force the queen to lay drone brood
>> at a time of year i.e.  early or late season, when she would not
>> normally be laying drone brood.
>
>Not necessarily. A common method here it to constrain the queen three
>times in succession onto different combs. This forces the varroa to
 
 One major disadvantage would the amount of brood lost. I suppose the choice
of losing a hive to Varroa, or having smaller hives due to brood loss, is an
individuals choice! Either way it does break the dependance on chemistry.
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