"...swarming colonies have successfully developed a balanced varroa-bee relationship (Seeley 2007). Splitting of a colony does affect varroa mite populations as predicted by our hypothesis; however, timing of the split is critical."
So what was the impetus for the timing of the split? Was it based on mite counts? If so, single or serial?
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