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Nor do I. It is only when they have failures (treated or not) and are unwilling to accept that mites might have played a role. And if they've done no objective testing, in my opinion, they can't...

To be honest, if I were going to use vinegar to lower the pH of my syrup, I believe I'd use white, distilled vinegar.
Some of the less refined, good stuff for people might be a cause for digestive...

It is good if you can do that. I'm my own worst critic. Having said that, I'm quick to confess my mistakes but have discovered that many folks aren't

I think you are right on target with the...

I am curious sp....before you took the sample did you think that the cause of the collapse was mites?
And once you realized that it was....did that fact cause you any distress or embarrassment?

Oh my….
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Each study concluded that small cell does not make any significant difference in varroa infestations.

The conventional foundation folks believe that the studies results stand on their...

I don't know about most of you. Surely a couple of you have chosen that interpretation.

The Bond Method…or Live and Let Die is a catchy name.
I, too, wanted a catchy name. There the similarities...

Just so we're clear on this....I haven't said anything against the Bond Method......ever.

Here….I’ll even spoonfeed them to ya.
Just take it outside……please.

http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?261724-Small-Cell-Studies&highlight=small+cell+studies...

The studies conducted by Delaplane/Berry at UGA, Ellis/Hayes at UF and Seeley at Cornell have been discussed and argued in other multigazillon page threads. Do a search.
Please....if you feel the...

It has been tested several times.
The only people who found smaller populations of mites on smaller cells were the people who didn't count them.

What, in my mind, makes matters worse is the perception that the only mite failures are huge and sudden. The thinking might be that mites unchecked cause huge and sudden failures, then when we get...

What?! Make up your mind. If small cell is the solution who cares about the genetics? Which is it?

They are only synonyms if one feels the need to twist it, enabling them to promote a personal agenda....whether tf or not.
HITS has nothing to do with tf/treatment. It is about objective...

Another very common lament.....
'They were my strongest hive(s) last year! And now they're gone.'
How many times has this been repeated?

Read post 169 by Wisnewbee. This is not at all uncommon, in my experience.
And, in addition to the level of denial being pretty high, in my opinion, there is a perception that mites aren’t really a...

Opinions on a variety of unrelated topics fill page after page of this thread with long winded posts.
Yet, it appears that even offering an opinion on one of the original questions is verboten.
Go...

Mites are strongly drawn by brood pheromones. Sugar and alcohol washes will only give meaningful numbers if the bees sampled are mainly nurse bees taken from brood frames.
Sometimes I will see mites...

Back to one of my original questions.
Why is the idea of mites so taboo?
Some people will happily accept nosema, starvation, exposure, pesticides, wax moths, chalkbrood…..and practically anything...

Thank you for a thoughtful post.

We've already gotten genetics that handle tracheal mites. We've got cold climate bees.

All of this talk amongst beekeepers here....and pretty much everywhere....on selection for mite...

There was a touch of sarcasm in my post. I mentioned in an earlier post that most of the HITS folks weren’t stupid. Misinformed more likely. That misinformation was the direction I had pointed that...

Small cell foundation.

I thought it was all about cell size. Which is it...cell size or genetics?

Since ‘recreated’ dialogs seem to be ok….from countless exchanges with new beekeepers…

Newbeek ‘I lost my hive(s)
Me ‘What happened?’
NB ‘Wax moths got ‘em’ (or shb, disappeared, froze, starved...

Now you've taken to inventing dialogs with 'reputable entomologists'. I love it.
Any reputable entomologist would tell you that, when left to their own devices, bees will build a wide range of cell...