Paul Hosticka's most recent post he wrote:

> Some how my chart didn't survive the cyber trip, here's another try.
>
> Pre-treat     On removal day8/9   Day 16/17    Day 28/32
> 23                   no test                  22               21
> 32                   9                           9                 7
> 10                   20                         14               10
> 12                   4                           19               8
> 6                     4                           5                 9
> 19                   16                         14               21
>
> Hope this is better. The colony that went from 32 to 7 lost it's queen
> post treatment and is dwindling to 5/6 frames.
>
> Paul Hosticka
> Dayton WA
>
>
>

Thanks for the interesting post Paul - I'm a hobbyist with 2 colonies one
the edge of town in a mild East Bay area environment.  Here are my results
from last year and pre treatment this year:

 *2012*
Both double deeps with 1-2 med stickies on with QE.  Weather was between
80s-90s for highs and 50s-60s at night.  One with screened and other solid
bottom.  I have screens on top with a med shallow box that I can slide back
and provide ventilation without an exit.  Humidity generally in 10s-20s.
No queen loss but some brood kill and queens did decrees laying during 7/8
days of treatment.  Some DWV prior to treatment but by Sept. did not see
any - but likely could have been there just missed it.

June     July     August     Sept - MAQS (standard 2 formic acid strips for
double deeps) treatment was given where * is. With ventilation.
6          10        15*          2
12        20*       9*            5

Sept. - both colonies I took out outer 2/3 deep frames in each box and
extracted honey, frames went back in and fed back 1 Qt of 2:1 treated
(lemongrass) syrup for four weeks into Oct. along with three 1 lb
applications of pollen supplement (slightly modified formula from Randy
Oliver) which they took up eagerly.  Both colonies looked strong in Sept
with 8-10 frames of brood.  Yielded approx. 70 lbs.  Both wintered well
with some eucalyptus & loquat pollen/nectar coming in in Nov. & Dec.  Not
much rain with temps in high 30s-mid 60s.  Treated with an early Jan.
oxalic acid dribble, both colonies had 1-2 frames of moderate brood in
Jan.  Even saw a few left over drones in Jan. No winter loss.

 *2013 - so far*

Both colonies can into Feb.-March in strong condition.  One so much so that
they plugged out the double deep in March and where heading for swarming so
they got split but I lost the queen in the process and they dwindled down
to a couple frames due to pour management of that situation.  Revitalized
them with a June swarm and more open comb. Yealed 50 lbs from spring flow.
Going into treatment this year both colonies were strong but one had more
brood (approx. 12 nearly full frames) than the other (approx. 10
frames).  The second is still suffering from frames plugged with old pollen
from March and no open drawn comb to give them.  Have observed some DWV
again this year.

June     July     August - MAQS (standard 2 formic acid strips for double
deeps) treatment was given where * is. With ventilation.
7          12       22*
4          7        18*

I'll be checking on treatment results in a week as my MAQS went on just
this last weekend.  I have been pleased with the results in mite reduction
using MAQS.  I'll likely move a couple frames around between colonies in
early Sept. to equal them out more going into Fall.  Both colonies
Fall/Winter management will likely be similar to last year as the results
were good.
**

>  Scott Ball
> East Bay Area - Livermore, CA
>

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