 
| Subject: | |
| From: | |
| Reply To: | |
| Date: | Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:18:30 -0400 |
| Content-Type: | text/plain |
| Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Paul wrote:
Here are the last results. This is going to be long winded so I apologize in advance.
Pretreat On removal day 8-9 Day 16-17 Day 28-32
23 no test 22 21
32 9 9 7 Queen loss post treat, no brood, colony dwindling 5-6 frames
10 20 14 10
12 4 19 8
6 4 5 9
19 16 14 21 New Pads
-------
Paul,
What if the MAQS ARE being effective. Perhaps your local mite pool is very high this year? Maybe your bees are bringing in a lot of mites. I find it strange that the numbers look so static for the most part. It might be interesting to do a study where one moves some of the hives to a remote location prior to treatment then treat both groups and compare post MAQS mite levels between the hives in the original location and the ones that were moved. I have no idea what is going on, but I don't think we should assume aprior that the MAQS aren't doing the intended job. On the other hand, clearly beekeeping has not been made "easy again" with the advent of a good formic acid delivery system...
On a side note, my hive that had no brood, larvae, or eggs after a one strip treatment is queenright, I just check and there is plenty of capped worker brood on the frame I found eggs on 2 weeks ago. I have not confirmed my original marked queen is still there, I will next week, but clearly the queen stopped laying before I put on the strip, because I found the "empty frames" 2 weeks after the strip application. If she is still the same queen she is a Russian carniolan from Honeybee Genetics in Vacaville. Mark
***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
|
|
|
