>
> I have used and very much like MAQS . . .  I understand some think there
> are problems with queen or brood loss with MAQS,  myself its not been an
> issue.  This time of year if your mites are high,  it’s a fantastic simple
> treatment. Yes you will see a larve or two carried out,  but I would wager
> no more than you would have seen from mite damage.


It's very interesting how you can see such varying results in performance.

I've tried MAQS in years past, and generally was not pleased. Using two
strips often caused brood loss (but usually at an acceptable level to me),
but also caused the Queen to shutdown her brood rearing for a week or two.
That had a tendency of causing supersedures, a dwindling in the population
of the hive right before a decent honey flow, and occasionally robbing
issues (as you had a weak hive next to a strong one, or robbers that could
sense a "queen issue"). A single strip often had less severe side effects,
but it's effectiveness was spotty. Some hives it worked great, others not
so well.

I love the idea of a flash treatment in mid-summer. But I've yet to get
MAQS to both 1) work well without 2) producing side effects that are
questionably worse than the mites themselves.

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