Oops, Now I did it! One strip per five frames. Sorry Sorry Sorry, etc.
etc.   I wonder how many people noticed the "oops" ?
 
 
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, John A Skinner wrote:
 
> Suggestions to thread of where to put apistan
>
> Two deeps: I would put [one strip per frame of bees] as the label reads.
 
Correction:
THE LABEL READS "ONE STRIP PER 5 FRAMES OF BEES"
 
> Most of the year this coincides with where the brood is and there are more
> mites (80%) in the brood than on adults. As the new adults (bees) emerge
> the pregnant female mites are exposed to Apistan, hopefully before they
> can scurry into another cell that is ready to be capped.
>
> If there is no brood then all the mites are on the adults and strips
> should be placed among the bees, whether they are up or down.
>
> One deep: Put one strip per five frames where the bees are.  If the bees
> are spread evenly throughout all frames then spacing between frame 3
> and 4, and between frames 7 and 8 is fine, but if all the bees and brood
> are clustered to one side then strips should be evenly spaced in the
> cluster.
 
 
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