European Working Group for Integrated Varroa Control

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Experiments with small cell sizes

There was a considerable range of discussion on the topic of small cell
sizes. Concern was expressed that beekeepers were turning to this (indeed
there is already small cell size foundation available on the market) as a
potential aid to varroa control before any substantial data has been
produced to support it. It was suggested that as work so far was
inconclusive, published work should be regulated until firm conclusions had
been reached, to prevent any misunderstanding within the beekeeper
community. One of the problems indentified was that as proven treatments are
lost through resistance [to varroa] there is a temptation to use new
treatments before they are shown to have good efficacy.

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