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On 4 Sep 99, at 20:20, Harry Goudie wrote:
> As far a I can see the main problem with treating varroa is the mites
> within the brood cells. One suggestion I heard recently was to immerse
> the infested frames in hot water for a length of time hopefully killing
> all the mites as well as the brood. (If you have plenty of time you could
> put the frames in the freezer overnight) The method would be: Shake all
> the bees from brood chamber onto new brood chamber (no brood and no
I couldn't make up my mind if this was tongue in cheek or not.
While freezing would kill the mites, hot water would created a
terrible problem with melting wax? I think there are better ways of
getting mites under control.
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