At 04:23 PM 4/12/96 -0700, you wrote:
>At 08:50 AM 4/12/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>  REGARDING           Re:If you read my last post you know that I am
>>hobbiest...
>>
>>Jeffrey Tooker writes:
>>"I want to start with a nuc (four frame from a reputable supply house) in
>>a brood chamber with nine or ten full sized frames.  I am starting clean
>>this month and do not plan to take any honey untill next year.
>>
>>I would like information on when and how to start treatment for brood
>>diseases and mites?"
>>
>>I believe the sooner the better.  Don't let mites get a head start at all.
>>Therefore, as soon as the nuc is hived, I would place a couple Apistan strips
>>at the center of the cluster area, and put a 1/2 lb patty of Terrapatty (or
>>make up a Crisco/sugar/terramycin batch yourself) on the top bars.  Apistan
>>will help control varroa and the patty will control AFB, EFB and tracheal
>>mites.  Leave the strips in 45 days, but leave the patty in all year (and
>>replace when necessary) if you don't plan to harvest honey this year.  In late
>>August - early September, put Apistan strips in again for 45 days, then
>>remove.  Then if you feed Fumadil in 1:1 syrup in early fall, your bees should
>>be healthy and raring to go a year from now.
>>
>>Ted Fischer
>>
>
>
>Ted thank you for your very informative reply.  I will file it under both
>Mites and Diseases.  Just one more question.  What controls the Vmites when
>the strips are not in?
>
>Thank You
>
>Jeffrey Tooker    >
>
 
 
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