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Re: decreased mite drop after treatment?
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Randy wrote:.".......natural mite fall (stickyboard count) largely reflects the number of
mites emerging from brood, as very few drop from adult bees.  "

I went to a meeting last night at which the speaker Stuart Roweth described his invention - the Bee Gym, a device which enables bees to scrape their backs and bellies to rid themselves of mites.  If you google Bee Gym, you'll be able to see a film of it in use, apparently quite popular with the bees.

I wrote about the talk on Chrissladesbeeblog last night and soon afterwards received an message from a lady in the next village to me, saying that she has a Bee Gym in one of her hives and the mite numbers in that hive are much lower than in her other hives.

Chris



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