Threshold-based varroa management, brood inspection, and requeening decisions. We treat when the numbers say to and not before. Good management isn't a calendar, it's a habit of looking. We pull frames, wash for mites, read the brood, and let what we find drive the next move instead of dosing on a schedule and hoping. That keeps chemical pressure down, keeps resistance from building, and keeps the bees doing the work they're bred to do. The articles in this section cover how we read a brood frame, when a mite count actually warrants treatment, and why a failing queen gets replaced before she drags the whole colony down with her.
