From: "deelusbybeekeeper" <deelusbybeekeeper@excelonline.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:03:28 -0700
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Mid-season mite 'treatment'

Hi to all on Biological Beekeeping

Clay wrote back to Pav:
> Still the underlying parasitic problem is not being addressed. Eric Erikson
> has shown that bees kept on small cells have about 10% infestation. When
> placed back on large cells that rate goes to 80%. Putting bees on small
> cells is doing something. Why so little research on this?

Reply:

You are so right Clay and this was shown with the larger 900 sizing or
5.0mm-5.2mm range for the 10%.

Now 4.9mm is on the market if we can keep the milling accurate; we are and
others should be able to get the infestation rate down to non-dectable
levels or in the 1-2% range.

But maybe serious research is coming now that Dadant has helped our
industry so much, in making the foundation product available for those
wanting natural sizing for non-chemical, oil, acid or drug treatments for
their bees.

Dee