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Re: Biological treatment against Varroa ?
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Gordon Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 Nov 1995 18:24:54 +0000
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On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, David Eyre wrote:
 
> The idea of using a trap, is to force the queen to lay drone brood
> at a time of year i.e.  early or late season, when she would not
> normally be laying drone brood.
 
Not necessarily. A common method here it to constrain the queen three
times in succession onto different combs. This forces the varroa to
lay in the _only cells available for capping_ over that period,
whether worker or drone!
 
Regards,
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Gordon Scott   [log in to unmask]   Hampshire, England.
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