>Not to criticize Zach, but I disagree, as would
>every legitimate IPM education and extension
>professional one could find.

>But the rationale given is not a basis for making a treatment
>decision.  What might be a valid basis for a treatment decision
>is the much lower mite drops from colonies in the same yard,
>but only because the colony in question has a mite drop 45 times
>the other colonies.

hey do not kill the "messenger" :) :)
I am sure if one reads the original paper, the population size was described...

Zach
(the one always seeming to be taking the "whack"? :) :)

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