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Fri, 27 Mar 2015 05:19:15 -0700
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Re: screened or solid bottom boards
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> >I am wondering if screen bottom boards are worth the extra  since
> I typically do the "wash" method for testing for Varroa.


I came to the same conclusion.  SBBs are necessary when one uses sticky
boards or is doing powdered sugar dusting.  Both of those lost favor with
me, at which point the problems with screened bottoms outweighed the
benefits.  We've been rotating our screened bottoms out of our operation.
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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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