aGarret Wilkinson snip followed by > my comments.. 

So you are assuming I have high mite loads with crashing colonies in my yards. Yes/no? 

>I am not certain to who or why you are addressing this question?  Without seeing you data or looking into your hives I would not assume anything.  You do hit on a point that it does seem to be assumed that all hive now die from varroa... no matter what is the level of management skill, the context of the season or location.  My own experience (now approaching 60 years) informs me that bees were dying long before varroa was a problem here in the US.

>IF there is any meat in Seeley's work it is imho that there are things (contrary to common convention) that you can do to reduce the problems of varroa. Some of these are easier (less expensive) to do by the hobby crowd than in a commercial setting.

Gene in Central Texas..    

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