Paul Cronshaw, D.C. wrote:
 
> Adrian Wenner wrote:
>
> <<   I live in Santa Barbara also and caught a swarm in one of my backyard
> swarm hives.  I anesthetized the bees and counted them, as well as the
> varroa mites.  The bees numbered only 2000 (quite a small swarm), with 56
> mites among them.>>
>
> This would demonstrate that swarms can carry mites which will then
> re-establish them in the new hive.
>
> It makes sense therefore to put an apistan strip into a newly established hive.
>
> Paul Cronshaw, D.C.
> Cyberchiro and Hobbyist Beekeeper
> Santa Barbara, CA  USA
 
or, give them a drone frame with larva in itmites wil be go in there, and after
the cells are closed
remove that frame, and the swarm will be for 98 % mites-free
 
(for more see http:/www.xs4all.nl/~jtemp/dronemethod.html)
 
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