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Re: mite protocol
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Cam Bishop <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 23 Aug 2015 13:43:11 -0400
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>In this way, don't you have queen events (death, requeening, ...)?

I have never lost a queen in 4 years of using this method. I do not count mites in the fall. I treat all hives. I do alcohol washes in the spring and treat with Amitraz if I am having a mite problem. I've only had to treat with it once 2 years ago. I am having good results with it. However, when I do mite counts they seem to be always below acceptable thresholds. But I know that mites build up in the fall, I want good winter bees and so I start in the middle of August. I've never seen any brood loses from this method either.

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