Michael Palmer asked:
"Have you treated twice and had good results, Mats? Did treating
twice have any bad effects on the bees? How did the colonies treated twice
winter?

I only treated once in mid october. The bees wintered fine, but i feel relying on oxalic is risky. I will be using Apistan this coming fall. This is our third summer with varroa, and we're still in the early phase where some beekeepers will fail to learn (or accept) the new ways of beekeeping and their colonies, i suspect, will break down and deliver lots of mites to those who survive. For this reason, i'll use Apistan.

I'm no scientist like some of you guys on the list. This is just my conclusion of what needs to be done to keep the bees healthy. A combination of formic and oxalic might do the trick when we're in a more stable state, which i've been told will follow the initial chaos years.

/Mats Andersson, Stockholm Sweden

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