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My friend called me about a 1/2 grown larvae.

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#1 ·
I drove out to his organic farm to see what he was talking about.

He has been fogging his bees.

I picked up off the landing board a whit larvae about 1/4" long. I do not need reading glasses. I asked him if he knew what those 3 round reddish "things" are?
He said that he was not sure. I explained to him that the items on the larvae were mites!
I am giving him a Russian SMR daughter queen to help him out and to increase the desireable drones in the area.

Regards,
Ernie
Lucas Apiaries
 
#4 ·
Sound like the bees have good hygenic behavior

The daughter queen in my posting was grafted from # 12 Russian X SMR that I bought from Tom & Suki Glenn two years ago.
# 12 has provided many grafted off spring.
Yes, the Russians do have good hygenic behavior.
They have a natural resistance to Nosema also.
Regards,
Ernie
Lucas Apiaries
 
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