Hello All,

>A paper recently published on the web concludes that about 25 chelifers (=
>pseudoscorpions) in a hive might prevent 1000 varroa from multiplying.

We have discussed pseudoscorpions before on BEE-L ( about 10 years ago I
believe in archives).
I believe I brought the subject up. My research ( on the net) at the time 
found most
*strong* hives will not tolerate very high numbers of pseudoscorpions .

In all my years of beekeeping I have only found two pseudoscorpions in hives
( both weak almost crashing). Finding the second peaked my research years
ago.

Interesting research but *in my opinion* little practical application.

Kind of like the *rare* ( very rare) pictures published of bees feeding
small hive beetle.

Strong hives of mellifera try to remove varroa, SHB  wax moths and
pseudoscorpions from their nests.

Most research hives *from my observations*do not contain the numbers of bees
most commercial beekeepers keep during active periods so some of the above
pests are allowed many times.

Most researchers do not push their hives to the extremes we do with movement
to new flows , feeding pollen patties and syrup.

bob

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