Hi all

Sorry for the late reply, just returned from Ireland and am working  
through 250 posts, most from Bee-L.  My screened bottoms are open to  
the ground.  I put 11"x17" squared paper covered in vaseline on  
restaurant trays with sloped sides and slide them under the hive in  
slots cut in the SBB to hold the tray.  Once the mites are counted,  
the paper is burned or trashed, leaving the tray mostly clean for  
next time.  I usually do biweekly counts but too many hives, too old  
and too lazy this year.  First and hopefully last varroa treatment  
(until oxalic in Nov/Dec) was finished in August.  High mite counts  
(80+) in the shaded hives, lower in full sun (30-) in early Aug.   
Different year than 2011 as oxalic in Dec was only treatment (all  
hives under 10 mites all season).

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W


On 1-Sep-12, at 11:26 AM, allen wrote:

> I also wonder what people have found the best coating for the  
> boards and the easiest way to apply it, and to remove the mites  
> after each use.
>

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