> is this true?
I think that it would be more accurate to
say that this has been offered as a
possible mechanism behind the claimed
lower mite levels in small-cell colonies.
The problem is that no one has sat and logged the
process of a queen laying eggs on even one
complete side of a frame, and tracked those cells
to emergence on anything other than a hit-or-miss
basis, even though this is something that can be
done with nothing more than an observation hive
and a camera.
> ...I still have to do three treatments
But if your bees are regressed to small-cell
bees, why do you feel the need to treat them
for varroa infestation? I thought that one
of the biggest motivations for regressing
bees was to avoid such treatments.
I think that it would be more accurate to
say that this has been offered as a
possible mechanism behind the claimed
lower mite levels in small-cell colonies.
The problem is that no one has sat and logged the
process of a queen laying eggs on even one
complete side of a frame, and tracked those cells
to emergence on anything other than a hit-or-miss
basis, even though this is something that can be
done with nothing more than an observation hive
and a camera.
> ...I still have to do three treatments
But if your bees are regressed to small-cell
bees, why do you feel the need to treat them
for varroa infestation? I thought that one
of the biggest motivations for regressing
bees was to avoid such treatments.