Chris, I'm almost at a loss for what to do. I've mentioned before that the
guy I bought my bees from (he didn't tell me until after the check cleared)
kept Apistan in the hives year round, and scratched them with the hive
tool every time he worked the hives. When last I put in Apistan strips,
about 2 years ago (as I said, this is my third treatment with Check-mite)
they didn't help with the mites, and as my apiaries were crawling with
bees which couldn't fly and I had up to 14 mites per drone cell, I took
the rather lengthy Section 18 exception test and got the Check-mite.

I am fortuante in that the County Ag office tells me I'm the only one in
the area using Check-mite, at least legally, so I hope that by my careful
use of the product it should be effective until something else comes along
that not only works, but is easy to use. I can only devote about a day per
week working with my widely scattered 100 hives, and some of these
remedies spoken of on this list are out and out impractical to say the
least.

And at a practical level, the Terramycin grease patties and the Check-mite
strips are quick, easy and my bees have never been more productive and
trouble free (except for ants and that stupid bear).

Regards
Tim

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