Hi Allen Randy and all

I do 24 hr sticky board drops on my overwintered hives every 2 weeks  
from late June till mid September.  I used to start earlier but  
seldom saw a mite so moved the start date later.  Normally late June  
levels are 0-8, this year 0.  By doing bi-weekly counts you can see  
the exponential rise often to 10-40+ by late August.  This year the  
highest count was 4 mites over 48 hrs on one hive while the others  
were 0-1 in late August.  Having data from previous years allows me  
to deduce that this year is different.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W


On 19-Oct-11, at 8:51 AM, allen wrote:

>
> The total does not really matter, but is a matter of curiosity at  
> this point, since I
> am trying to anticipate the end point of the treatment, and also  
> estimate its
> ultimate efficacy in advance.  I'll be able to deduce the totals  
> better at the end.
>


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