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Re: Varroa Resistant Honey Bees
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String & Linda Monteith <[log in to unmask]>
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String & Linda Monteith <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 1 May 1999 07:13:49 -0400
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 it may be that the temperature inside
>the cluster is sufficiently high to either kill or at least make the varroa
>uncomfortable and fall off

Has anyone tested for temperature inside the hive as a possible prevention?
Perhaps instead of trying to cool our hives we should set them in the sun &
paint them darker?  Linda

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