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> I do not have any actual data on efficacy...
> ...Both methods produced varroa free hives.

Do you know what the starting mite level was?  How was it determined? Was
there brood during the treatment?  How big were the hives?  What was the
ambient temperature?

> SOE cleared the hives I used the product on of varroa. I got not one
> varroa on a 24 hour sticky board after treatment.

Was a a chemical strip used during the 24 hr drop test?

> Dadant claims 100% varroa control. I do not know about 100%

NOTHING gives 100% without killing the bees too.

> but the control was above 90% in my opinion (wish I could give actual
figures!)

Jamie Strange, from WSU, doing a careful study, gave 65% as verified by
alcohol wash, according to what I heard at BCHPA.

allen
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/

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