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Hi all
Sorry for the late reply, just returned from Ireland and am working
through 250 posts, most from Bee-L. My screened bottoms are open to
the ground. I put 11"x17" squared paper covered in vaseline on
restaurant trays with sloped sides and slide them under the hive in
slots cut in the SBB to hold the tray. Once the mites are counted,
the paper is burned or trashed, leaving the tray mostly clean for
next time. I usually do biweekly counts but too many hives, too old
and too lazy this year. First and hopefully last varroa treatment
(until oxalic in Nov/Dec) was finished in August. High mite counts
(80+) in the shaded hives, lower in full sun (30-) in early Aug.
Different year than 2011 as oxalic in Dec was only treatment (all
hives under 10 mites all season).
Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W
On 1-Sep-12, at 11:26 AM, allen wrote:
> I also wonder what people have found the best coating for the
> boards and the easiest way to apply it, and to remove the mites
> after each use.
>
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