Hello,
  I have been reading the mite discussion with great interest.
It seems everyone wants to be a beekeeper. The question that arises is:
How far does one go in assisting nature?
  When we are sick the solution is not pain free. Whether it consists of
surgery, medicine, or dying. While a person may not fear any of these,
the purpose is to live.
  Examining the biological environment of a bee colony, the mites are
most commonly found in the drone cells. The theory being drone pheromone
attract mites.
  Has anyone else considered that maybe mites live and reproduce in a
drone cell is because of what is missing NOT because of what is there.
  A hive with above threshold mite loads would be missing the same
factor(s) as the drone larvae.
  My research has not revealed any studies of this factor.  But given
some time it may be found.

Tom
Enjoying bees in Shippensburg,Pa



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