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Re: a little red dot
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Max Watkins <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:26:29 +0100
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If you see similar red dots on the hive floor as well as on your bees and if
they move at all, it could be varroa mite, a parasite of honeybees, or maybe
Braula caeca, a bee louse.

If it's confirmed as varroa and there are lots of them, you should treat the
colony with a (legal, registered) acaricide and/or use biomechanical methods
of disinfestation. You'll get lots of good advice on this from the List.

Regards,


Max

Dr Max Watkins

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