>
> >i’m looking for a hypothesis why the mites are falling in the oil tray
> under the patties:


Lee, I'd expect to get the greatest mite drop under emerging brood.  You
didn't mention whether there was still brood in the hives, and where it
was.


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

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