LISTSERV - BEE-L Archives - COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

	LISTSERV Archives
	BEE-L Home

	Log In
	Register

	Subscribe or Unsubscribe

	Search Archives

Options:	Use Monospaced Font Show Text Part by Default Show All Mail Headers
Message:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Subject:	Scientific evidence of the Mite Bomb Hive theory
From:	Ruth Zajicek <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 26 Feb 2018 03:59:48 +0000
Content-Type:	text/plain
Parts/Attachments:	text/plain (9 lines)

I was wondering what scientific evidence we have to support the claim that the huge increase in autumn mite numbers are due to other hives (Mite Bombs) crashing from mites, drifting, or robbing. I have experienced the dramatic jump in mites measured in my own hives, so I know it happens, but have we considered the possibility that perhaps the mites are dramatically more successful at reproduction during the fall?  Or some other explanation? 
I ask because I remember the BIP suggesting Mite Bomb hives as a *possible* explanation of the measured increase in mites, but I want to know what experiments, data, or evidence supports this assertion.
Thanks in advance.

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2

COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM