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Re: A Question for the Statisticians
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:54:14 -0500
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Peter Edwards writes:
Not my table - I was quoting from Morse & Hooper!

PB
Sorry if that was unclear. From the 3rd Edition of Honey Bee Pests, Predators, & Diseases by Morse & Flottum, (1997) we get the following recommended sample sizes (per colony):

nosema          10 worker bees
trachael mites          50
dying adults            100
varroa mites            200-400

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