> I don't understand why long brood breaks are often recommended. All it
takes is to confine the queen to a comb for two weeks,
Same here. Fourteen days caged, then release, and a treatment on day twentyone will get most of the mites. A quick inspection before the treatment will reveal how much capped drone remains and you can scatch those caps if you want those mites also. Basically, you just need to get the treatment in before cells are being capped again.
Bill Hesbach
Cheshire CT
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