Robin said:
 2  Dusting could encourage bees to use whatever degree of grooming habit
 they have

Why would it?  Why would the need for 'housekeeping' encourage bees to groom
one another?  In human terms (I know! I know!) that is like saying that my
wife is likely to massage my shoulders just because I have messed up the
house - I think not!  And how often do you plan to dust them to provide this
encouragement?  Daily?  And is 'encourage' the right term anyway?

> Monitoring the fall should let us pick out the colonies
> that have advanced most towards effective grooming

Or the colonies that had the most mites that got dust on their feet and fell
off?

Peter Edwards
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