Do drones have a reputation for suffering from stress ? I've never seen drones unduly affected by OA sublimation ... Is there some evidence of this that I haven't seen ?
Yes, it's why you don't lock them in mini nucs for three days.
In my defence, I DID say I think it would be tantamount to killing them anyway…
Absolutely, this video has been quite illuminating for me, it's often by throwing ideas around that we come up with new methods.
I once sieved a colony for a queen. I won’t do that again.
I probably aught be clear... I am not suggesting for a moment that WE all go and start trapping young adult drones for some kind of alternative treatment regime. I am throwing the idea out there is all. I would want to see proper controlled studies done by experienced beeks and academia.
That's true, I just wanted to encourage anyone who looked at the time-stamp and couldn't be bothered with it, to at least watch the presentation itself.
Seems to me that we want to encourage lots of new drones to be reared, preferably in a single, predictable location, and then to target them for treatment while 3-4 days old, and while there is a nectar-flow. How that could be done without killing them or buggering-up something else is problematic, I think.
I know you’re not. You’re simply sharing a discovery you found particularly exciting.
Sorry @Swarm !
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen similar but am fairly sure there’s no mention of Oxalic..it’s more the likes of Amitrax/pyrethoids.
No apology necessary, it got lost in a thread where it rightly deserves a thread of its own. The illustration showing the affected bees was a jolt to the system. Host and parasite being used by a virus.
