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Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:13:50 -0600
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> This is my
> third year of none treatment, in fact, and I am, by all the signs I
> observe from my bees crawling in front of the hive, on the
> "threshold," if not over the threshold.

Sorry to hear that there is something wrong with your hives.  Rather
than assume that the damage is due stirctly to varroa, though, it might
be wise to do some non-destructive testing to verify your fears.

One of the dominant themes here in the past year is the need for
measuring mite levels in order to predict a varroa overload in time to
consider remedial measures.  Have you done natural mite drops?  If so,
what do your sticky boards tell you?  What have the mite drops been in
the past?

allen
http://www.honeybeeworld.com

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