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Subject:	Re: screened or solid bottom boards
From:	randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 2015 05:19:15 -0700
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> >I am wondering if screen bottom boards are worth the extra  since
> I typically do the "wash" method for testing for Varroa.


I came to the same conclusion.  SBBs are necessary when one uses sticky
boards or is doing powdered sugar dusting.  Both of those lost favor with
me, at which point the problems with screened bottoms outweighed the
benefits.  We've been rotating our screened bottoms out of our operation.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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