The buy of book scorpions and their use in conventional bee hives does not make sense to me at the moment. We are still in the research phase and have not found the right modifications for bee hives. For this reason I think a sale of the animals is careless and does not serve the cause.
Can chelifers be made to control Varroa mites in beehives?
We get confronted with a study from New Zealand by Ron van Toor quite often: “Can chelifers be made to control Varroa mites in beehives?” The study is called originally “Ingestion of Varroa destructor by pseudoscorpions in honey bee hives confirmed by PCR analysis“. This study proves two things impressively : 1. Book scorpions migrate … Read more