Paul Cronshaw, D.C. wrote:
> Has anyone on this list had success with using a sticky Board to sample
> Mite populations?
> Are there other quick and easy ways to sample mites?  Ether in a jar Method?
>
 
We use an open bottom, wired. And the possibillety to shove a board
under it.
 
on the file http://www.xs4all.nl/`jtemp/dronemethod.html  you find:
 
The number of mites in a hive (during brood season) can be found by
counting them on the bottom sheet in one day and multiplying that by 50.
If there are no more than 10 mites a day, it is not likely that the
mites do measureable harm.
 
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NEW PAGES ON THE FIGHT ON THE VARROA MITES.
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