Varroa Mites .mp4.mov

UGH ..mites.🤢🤢🤢

Did you know that mites require honey bee brood to reproduce!? Understanding the life cycle of this pest can help with your integration pest management strategy. Varroa mites love drone brood because they get 3 extra days in the brood cycle to finish reproducing.

I'm curious--does anyone out there utilize this as part of their varroa management strategy?! Ill share some ways we use it in the comments, but want to know how use the fact that varroa require brood to reproduce to help manage their numbers!

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