Debbie Hutchings wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone!
> I have been thinking (which is sometimes dangerous) about how I could
> control this mite. I have this idea about putting one frame of drone
> foundation in each hive, then, before the drones are just about to hatch, I
> would take the frame from the hive and distroy the drones and then return
> the frame back to the hive to start all over again. I was reading that
Debbie -
I think you will find that this method is already being used quite extensively in Europe and
Jan has explained it in detail on his web site at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jtemp/dronemethod.html
Take a look.
Regards
-Barry
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