Tony,

Why are you making prophylactic treatments of oxytet?  Perhaps the 
indication of colony strength could be achieved by using icing sugar alone, 
otherwise I would be concerned that you are covering up an AFB problem.

< (1) In the spring I usually dose my hives at three or four day intervals 
with oxytet and icing sugar on the ends of the topbars of the broodnest. 
Strong hives invariably clean the powder up very quickly; with weaker hives 
the powder may be barely touched between openings and I find the presence of 
this unconsumed powder a good indicator that this hive needs attention to 
determine what is amiss.>

Steve Mitchell
Duncan, BC 

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