CHRS: IBMPC 2
 CODEPAGE: 437
 MSGID: 240:244/116 4e8e8f6b
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 PID: FDAPX/w 1.12a UnReg(486)
I have read your first mail on Acarine and your summing up, looking back I see
you write of 3 colonies in one apiary  and that this is your second year
keeping bees. I wonder if the 3 affected colonies arose from the same source,
nucs, castes or the like. How many other colonies do you have? Are any others
affected. Acaraine I have had in the past only in few colonies, unlike Varroa
the spread is no way as effective or fast. I have treated with both Frow and
Folbex, I still have some Frow in sealed phials and some Folbex as well. 3
treatments are needed in my experience with Folbex. After treating just 3
colonies some 20 years ago I have never bothered since, I just simply kill the
affected bees, generally they have been stray swarms from dark feral bees which
I tend to requeen, I might remove the queen first to use elswhere. This is the
same treatment for EFB and AFB. Varroa however needs for the time being to be
treated and controlled. When you have been keeping bees a little longer, visit
the UK in May and attend the microscopy weekend run by Dr. John Cowan at
Flatford Mill, you will then be able to dissect your bees, check the pollen
sources and so on.
Good luck in choosing a remedy for Acarine.
 
peter,[log in to unmask]
 
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 * Origin: Kent Beekeeper Beenet Point (240:244/116)