"Second question, any tips on making it easier to count the mites in the oil?"


As you will doubtless have read on chrissladesbeblog, I'm doing a count of dropped mites every couple of days on a nearby hive following oxalic acid treatment..  The board isn't oily but it seems to work ok.. Following Jeff Pettis' recommendation there is a 2" gap between mesh floor and the board to prevent living mites from getting back upstairs..


The board has lines drawn on it, dividing it roughly into 4" squares.  I have found a magnifying glass to be essential as so much hive debris, eg blobs of propolis can look superficially like mites.


Chris





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