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Re: Hygienic Testing
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Tim Arheit <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:00:33 -0400
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At 02:47 PM 9/19/2005, you wrote:

>Is it needed that the brood be actually killed? From somewhere I
>have the idea that someone just pricked the cappings open in a
>triangular pattern, 7 on a side. Don't the bees remove any larvae
>that have been disturbed this way?

They certainly will remove them.  The problem is that the bees will
respond to the disturbed comb or physically injured larvae (if they
also have been pricked), and this may tell you nothing about how well
the bees will detect and removed dead larvae in undamaged cells.

-Tim


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