Finman
Queen Bee
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- Finland, Helsinki
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
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In every place you may read that you should calculate mite dropping to see, is it necessary to kill them.
I am now convinved that there is no minimum limit to mite number.
If you have 3 mites in March alive, and they double every month, you have in September 300 mites.
If you have 20 mites, you will have 1300 mites in September.
Then you kill 99%. and in theory you have living mites
300 - --> 3
1300 --> 13 mites.
So, it seems to me that it is better to kill them and not calculate. At least they are easier to calculate after killing.
In every place you may read that you should calculate mite dropping to see, is it necessary to kill them.
I am now convinved that there is no minimum limit to mite number.
If you have 3 mites in March alive, and they double every month, you have in September 300 mites.
If you have 20 mites, you will have 1300 mites in September.
Then you kill 99%. and in theory you have living mites
300 - --> 3
1300 --> 13 mites.
So, it seems to me that it is better to kill them and not calculate. At least they are easier to calculate after killing.