Allen said "My favourite?  The 3 day mite drop.  It requires some interpretation, 
though, and a suitable floor and screen.  It is non-destructive, can be done 
anytime and tells quite a bit more than just mite counts."

Allen, as a hobbyist I too like the stick board method, but do you have any method to relate the 3 day mite drop numbers to the average number of mites per bee for the colony ? The mite drop numbers will depend greatly on the size of the colony whereas they should be independent of colony size for the sugar roll or alcohol wash methods.

           Thanks,
                Ernie Huber

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