Michael Palmer writes:

The Russians were very infested, with one having nearly
100% of the drone pupae infested. Unbelievable how many
mature female mites were on each pupae. This colony was
showing a high level of PMS. The SMRxCarnis had about a 20%
infestation rate, and were showing no 
PMS.

Reply:
Since you give a small window on infestation information
here, may I ask: What con-currently was the varroa
infestation for worker brood at same time for each? Not
that looks can be deceiving, but sometimes things are not
as they appear until one sees the whole picture.
Could/might/may be that this is good what you are seeing
with the Russians and bad for the SMRxCarnis instead as
perceived...........

So did you look at the varroa count with the workers also?
and if so what was the result on that side?

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/

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