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Re: Winter progress
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Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:38:31 -0700
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On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Jerry J Bromenshenk wrote:
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> P.S.  We also know that tracheal mites can survive periods of up to several
> days in a frozen dead host at -20 C!  We did the tests some years back.
> Tough little beasties.  They didn't do so well when the dead hosts rotted
> with no live hosts to move to.  So, bad news, you can't chill off Tracheal
> Mites, good news, if all your bees die, so will the mites as soon as it
> warms up.

Hi Jerry:

How do varroa mites do when they are subjected to freezing?

Best regards,

Donald Aitken
Edmonton Alberta Canada

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