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- St. Albans, Vermont
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 700
Wasn't there another heat method to kill varroa if I remember right it does work in principle.
I know a beekeepers here in Vermont that built a heat treatment machine. Don't really know what else to call it. It looked a but like a rock tumbler with a large screened canister and a heating system. In winter, the colony was dumped into the turning screen canister and heated up. The mites dropped from the bees and fell through the tumbling screen. The bees were dumped back into the hive.
I haven't heard him talk about his machine in quite a number of years.
No doubt.