In message <[log in to unmask]>,
Max Watkins <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Resistance can be incorrectly diagnosed - as an example there was one
>beekeeper a few years back who claimed resistance to Bayvarol (another
>pyrethroid treatment) as he had put the strips in his colony and very few
>mites fell. On close examination the hive was found to contain no mites - ie
>a very low infestation, not resistance!
Was the colony followed up for the opposite - bee "resistance" to mites?
We seem to be quick to disempower ourselves.
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James Kilty
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