How long do Varroa ride on adult bees?

Started by David LaFerney, November 14, 2009, 05:58:48 PM

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David LaFerney

November 14, 2009, 05:58:48 PM
Anyone know how long it is between a fertile female varroa emerging from capped brood until she returns to capped brood to lay eggs?  I'm sure that it's a range, but the answer is important in timing follow up treatments of oxalic acid vapor. 
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." Samuel Clemens

Putting the "ape" in apiary since 2009.

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November 15, 2009, 06:08:27 PM
One of the USDA web sites says a few days to more than 1 month with 7 day being typical.

David LaFerney

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November 30, 2009, 11:19:09 AM
Do you have a link?
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