after seeing some pseudoscopions in a bedding pile the other day and recalling that some have looked at psuedoscorpions for mite control, it led me back to this little thread of thinking:

what if we designed a beehive that included natural predators for varroa mite?

perhaps a thick walled hive with a conical bottom in which we might have wood duff or coco coir to house earwigs and pseudos, a screened bottom above it where the entrance would be located, the top matching up to langstroth dimensions for supers. sort of recreating the ecosystem of a guano pile for Bat's.

I'm not part of the produce less honey crowd but rather aim for less inputs for better quality honey, improving value and therefore profit margins.

#justathought #bees #Beestr #varroa

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