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Roy Nettlebeck <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 20 Nov 1995 16:57:23 -0800
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 To All:
  This fall I came across an interseting situation. I took 60 hives out
of the Olympic mountains on September 17, 1995. They were at 3,000 + for
2 months. I left 18 hives on the mountain until October 16,1995. On
October 20,  I went in all the hives to put in Apistan strips. What I
found was, 30 hives of the first 60 that were removed from the mountain
were dead or very close to it ,by the Varroa mite. The last 18 hives that
I removed from the mountain had some mites , but were not in trouble.
  The bees were removed from the mountain in random order. I did not
seperate them by any order.
  I need some ideas on why the bees that were left on the mountain seem
to be much less affected by the mite. Weather was not much of a factor.
The temp was about 5 F less on the mountain at night.
 
    Any Ideas?          Thank You
                      Roy Nettlebeck

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