>
> >Not a fair or accurate assessment. If I wasn't open to it I wouldn't be
> digging.


I was just making a point at your expense Charlie : )

I've been putting in hours and hours on the math and plotting out ways to
account for where those mites could come from within the hive.  The problem
is, in every simulation that I can come up with, based upon research
findings, the varroa reproductive rate drops off substantially later in the
season.

I've already posted how to answer whether immigration is indeed the cause.
No one has yet responded with being willing to run the experiment along
with me.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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