Greengage
09-11-2015, 03:02 PM
Iam planing on submitting records to the varroa inspection project, and while I know (Understand) how to calculate the number of mites /300 bees, how do I calculate the amount of brood both sealed and open on a frame.
If the frame is a national say 355x216 mm = 76680mm sq on both sides,
So how many bees would be on a frame ? how much sealed and unsealed brood, Would I need to make a referance template from an empty frame and graph paper to estimate the brood or is there a simpler way of doing this, guess estimating it would be inaccurate.
Thanks in advance, maybe iam out of my depth but no harm in asking. I have a template supplied by the project team and can enter a calcultion formula for the mites it would be handy to have one for both sealed and unsealed brood.
If the frame is a national say 355x216 mm = 76680mm sq on both sides,
So how many bees would be on a frame ? how much sealed and unsealed brood, Would I need to make a referance template from an empty frame and graph paper to estimate the brood or is there a simpler way of doing this, guess estimating it would be inaccurate.
Thanks in advance, maybe iam out of my depth but no harm in asking. I have a template supplied by the project team and can enter a calcultion formula for the mites it would be handy to have one for both sealed and unsealed brood.