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Subject:
Swarms carry Mites
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"Paul Cronshaw, D.C." <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 6 Nov 1997 06:19:06 -0800
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Adrian Wenner wrote:
 
<<   I live in Santa Barbara also and caught a swarm in one of my backyard
swarm hives.  I anesthetized the bees and counted them, as well as the
varroa mites.  The bees numbered only 2000 (quite a small swarm), with 56
mites among them.>>
 
This would demonstrate that swarms can carry mites which will then
re-establish them in the new hive.
 
It makes sense therefore to put an apistan strip into a newly established hive.
 
 
 
 
Paul Cronshaw, D.C.
Cyberchiro and Hobbyist Beekeeper
Santa Barbara, CA  USA

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