Hey, Rick

I'm toying with the idea myself. I went through about 20 hives this week
getting them ready for my Check-mite treatment. Most of my hives don't
have queen excluders and the brood is all over the place, so I put the
brood back in the two brood chambers while the nights are still warm. But
even with breaking open drone cells I only saw one or two mites. The big
flow will be over around here in about 6 months, so I'm wondering whether
to treat or not. I'm a little worried that even a small mite load will be
bad, though, as I still struggle with a small amount of Foul Brood, and I
don't want to go through that all over again, what with secondary
infections that come with mites.

I'd be interested in what others have to say.

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