Path: interaccess!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: KEN LAWRENCE <[log in to unmask]@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: sci.agriculture.beekeeping Subject: Re: Pitiful Sight Update Date: 9 Nov 1996 05:20:40 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Lines: 17 Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.146.208.41 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22ATT (Windows; U; 16bit) Charles I used 1 quart jars with a boardman feeder on the biggest part of my hives. Some I used a top feeder. I lost bees (hive is empty of bees) using both methods. I used 1 cc of wintergreen per qt. sugar syurp. I ordered the oil from Lorann Oils of Lansing Mi. I treated my hives for almost 40-45 days and them taking about 5 quarts each. My hives (double Hivebodies) all had a full hivebody of stores and still have the stores but not a single bee dead or alive in 24 hives. I have 4 single hives that don't have enough bees to cover a single frame. I will let them die out. I have three hives (double bodies) that have a fair amount of bees but doubt if they make the winter as very small amount of Capped brood. I really don't know what has saved the three remaining hives as they are covered with Varroa. Have Apistan strips on now with sticky boards and boards are coated with mites. Had good weather as bees were still scrounging feed around the Honey house. All I know is I will use Apistan from now on. Costly but lesson learned.