>Now someone needs to investigate this further and also to check the

> brood of a nuc in spring/summer with known phoretic levels and a new queen
> that has just begun laying after a broodless period to test the assertion
> that all
> the mites pile into the first brood, killing both the brood and themselves.
>

I've been looking this week, Allen, trying to catch a nuc at just the right
time.
I've never noticed that the first sealed brood in the center of the first
frame laid up die, but haven't really looked.  I'll let you know.

Randy Oliver

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