> Have you read Mel Dissolkens work???  With continuous brood breaks and splits he seems to remain TF.

Not before today, but here is a statement by him

> Over the past 25 years I developed, improved, and tailored the IMN Queen Rearing methods into what I now call “OTS” or “On-The-Spot” Queen Rearing. With OTS, I can self-sufficiently rear and sell quality honeybee colony “starts” and simultaneously break the varroa breeding cycle which eliminates the need for miticides.

While Randy comments:

> late-season immigration is an entirely different subject than the benefit of a brood break.

Not according to Mel's lights. For him, he breaks the breeding cycle and never worries about mites. Lucky him. 

PLB

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