BernardBlack
Field Bee
- Joined
- May 7, 2016
- Messages
- 552
- Reaction score
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- Location
- Co. Armagh
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Been monitoring varroa drop this last few weeks. My hive is doing really well, lots of eggs, larvae and sealed brood, numbers building up.
Normally I’m maybe only seeing 1 varroa at most. Sometimes none. I thought that was surprisingly low
The thing is though, there is usually a number of ants on the board when pulled out. Maybe 25-30 in total. I just assumed they were after the dropped pollen or wax.
Now I’m thinking, would they be eating the varroa mites? Or taking them back to their colony to be eaten? Might that be the reason I rarely see any varroa on the inspection board?
Normally I’m maybe only seeing 1 varroa at most. Sometimes none. I thought that was surprisingly low
The thing is though, there is usually a number of ants on the board when pulled out. Maybe 25-30 in total. I just assumed they were after the dropped pollen or wax.
Now I’m thinking, would they be eating the varroa mites? Or taking them back to their colony to be eaten? Might that be the reason I rarely see any varroa on the inspection board?
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