>How does anyone separate the special circumstance of "brood capping" from
all the other types of wax product in the hive?  Or do they?  The
literature I've seen isn't clear on that.


Christina, we seem to be jumping between two subjects--penetration of
cappings in order to attempt to kill mites, and the persistence of miticide
residues in the hive matrices.  I was referring to what I thought was your
question about the first.

Old brood combs actually proportionally far less wax than new combs--they
are composed largely of old silk cocoons and meconium.  So the dynamics of
residues in the combs is likely complicated.

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

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