Last week I wrote about the high levels of mites in the drone bood of one of
my hives when I pulled my Apistan strips.  The strips were one year old at
the time of placement in the hive and had been stored in their original
package, out of sunlight.  At the suggestion of Lloyd Spear I called the
manufacurer.  They felt that the strips were NO GOOD becasue they were old.
Their reasoning was that because the original packaging was not sealed in an
airtight package  the fluvinate dried up and lost effectiveness.  If you
have extra strips after treating be sure to put them in two zip-lock bags,
one inside the other, otherwise the strips may go to waste.

Now if only they would really tell you how to store them we might not lose
as many bees.

I would like to thank Lloyd for his help.

Sarah Grew
Wildcat Canyon, CA USA