Allen Dick wrote:
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> Well, we decided to test for mites before applying treatment, on the off-chance
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> We then re-inserted clean boards and placed two Apistan(R) strips into the upper
> brood box and waited 24 hours.  At that time this is what we found.
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> Hive #          Natural Drop                  Count with Apistan
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> Total           1 mite                        51 mites
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> All hives not shown had zero counts in both tests.
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> What does this mean, David?
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I think this proves that there is something wrong with your
Apistan strips or the way you are applying them.
I have been counting varroa mites during the months july and
augustus : weekly average : 0 ..3 mites per hive (bottom
of hives completely open)
I inserted strips the 20th of august, and half an hour later
I could start counting mites.  Next day I counted between
100 and 300 mites per colony. This number decreased drastic
the next days.

cheers,

hugo (the half a bee)

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