Hi Pete and all

My biweekly mite counts, using sticky boards, have been low since I  
started in early July.  The highest count, this year, was on one of  
my largest hives at 4 mites in 48 hours last week.  Many others in  
this area are seeing lower than normal mite counts.  A beginning to  
the end of varroa??  I don't think so!!!! When you lose a colony over  
winter, the mites in that colony die too.  I lost most of my hives  
last winter so maybe thats why my counts are low this year. One of  
the survivors had high counts last year.

Monitoring Method: Sticky Board from Ontario Recommendations
Number of Varroa Mites in May: 9 mites/24hr drop
Number of Varroa Mites in August: 12 mites/24hr drop

Bob Darrell

Caledon Ontario

Canada

44N80W

On 25-Sep-11, at 4:52 PM, Peter L Borst wrote:

> 2011 Ontario Treatment Recommendations for Honey Bee Disease and  
> Mite Control
>
> Monitoring Method -- Number of Varroa Mites in August
> Ether Roll -- 2 mites/100 bees
> Alcohol Wash -- 3 mites/100 bees
>


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