Last year I did almost exactly what Randy does with my walk-away splits,
with the OA treatment on the queen right hive first and the one on the
raise-their-own just before queen emergence. I was a bit concerned about
hurting the emerging queen but all was well and the mite levels in both
hives were exceptionally low all year long-until the fall when I had the
spike from either robbing or bees from away. Went from none or one or two
after treatment (total mite drop, not alcohol washes) to one or two hundred.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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