OA. How much mite drop do you get?

[Sutty]

I've just done my third vape, the 5 day mite drop after the second is 100s, maybe 1000+, way too many to count.
I had the same last year and after a long course of OA vapes there was still quite a few, though i had no winter losses at all apart from one that had been dwindling for a while.
Wondering how big a drop others have got?

 

[Erichalfbee]

I've just done my third vape, the 5 day mite drop after the second is 100s, maybe 1000+, way too many to count.
I had the same last year and after a long course of OA vapes there was still quite a few, though i had no winter losses at all apart from one that had been dwindling for a while.
Wondering how big a drop others have got?

I have one the same. It’s had 8 vapes. The others have been pretty low.

 

[Sutty]

I have one the same. It’s had 8 vapes. The others have been pretty low.

My highest drops seem vaguely to be in the most prolific colonies 🤷‍♂️
I did 10 vapes last year - glad I have a huge stock of OA!

 

[Antipodes]

My highest drops seem vaguely to be in the most prolific colonies 🤷‍♂️
I did 10 vapes last year - glad I have a huge stock of OA!

Could that be because those prolific colonies have the highest number of bees?

 

[Erichalfbee]

My one “mitey” colony is split that raised a new queen. It is a large colony but no larger than the others. Similar genetics too.