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[SteveG]

Varroa free scanning app

https://beescanning.com

Has anyone tried this app?

 

[thedozzer]

Not tried, but looks interesting.
Only two things i can think that may limit its success.
not everyone has a phone with a good enough camera resolution, mine is rubbish.

the other thing is i have see varroa on the sides, underneath and legs of bees, so how accurate can it be, as it looks to only recognise on the back of a bee?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Research has shown that varroa are seen on the tops of bees only when moving from one bee to another or to a larva. The rest of the time mites are parasitic. When not in a sealed brood cell they are hidden between the tergites of a bee feeding on its fat body. There’s no phone camera anywhere that’s going to pick that up.

 

[Erichalfbee]

If you have some time spare watch this https://www.facebook.com/louthbeekeeping/videos/721417718267271/?vh=e&d=n
And gave a read here
https://entomologytoday.org/2019/02/21/inside-look-how-varroa-mite-diet-discovered/

 

[Newbeeneil]

Seen the lecture before Dani....... it's brilliant and he's very entertaining.

This one is rather frightening about Tropilaelaps........
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p34t9JKadqI

 

[SteveG]

thanks, very good..��