> Now when I order, my first question is what is the expiry date of the MAQS
> the
> supplier is stocking.  I prefer to treat with two single strips 14 days
> apart, but if levels are high I will put on 2 strips at once.  A couple of
> observations:
>
> 2) It is common here for colonies to be mid-supercedure in early August.
> Putting on MAQS when the colony is anywhere in the process of producing a
> new queen seems to result in a queen-less colony (I believe that more often
> that not, this is the queen loss commonly reported).
>

I know about the expired MAQS issue and made sure they were OK, plus the
vendor is a friend.

The supercedure issue is a "might be" but I have not seen that in our area
during that time frame. In any case, I am sure it was the MAQS just because
it was the only common factor in the three apiaries.

Thanks for the reply.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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