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Thanks to those involved in the replies , I read the material
so then
Juanse Barros J. writes:
If the queen is laying i put
amitraz, if not i dismatle the nuc.
from Randy Olivers suggested reading:
"The downside of amitraz is that it is somewhat more toxic to bees than
fluvalinate, and shuts
down the queen’s egglaying during treatment (Henderson 1998; pers comms).
This is not
surprising, since Bloomquist (1996) states, “Amidines cause an
overstimulation of octopaminergic
synapses in insects, resulting in tremors, convulsions, and continuous
flight behavior in adult
insects. Moreover, these compounds have the ability to cause a true anorexia
in insects and also
suppress reproduction.”
My question then is:
How good are these queens?
or should we not give it much thought?
Walter
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