Allen Dick wrote:
>
> > However, in going through all my yards in seven different locations, I
> > have yet to see a varroa mite this spring!!  I basically pull out drone
> > brood (the easiest ones to get to are those exposed between brood
> > chambers), and in looking over hundreds of them I didn't see a mite.
> > Every spring for some years now there have always been mites, usually at
> > least one per cell and often many more.  I haven't seen much on the list
> > about currnet mite populations until this post.  What are others seeing
> > this year?
>
> I'm curious:  To those reporting no mites, what treatments are being used?
>
> Is anyone *not* using Apistan, and finding no mites in hives that had them
> previously?
>
> Allen
 
Allen -
 
I used Apistan for the required time starting Sept. 1 last fall and won't use it again till this
coming Sept. I find no mites this time of year and haven't in the past till about the first of
Aug.
 
-Barry
 
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