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>>>>When I checked a hive once after a treatment, I saw freshly
deposited OA syrup in cells. There had been no flying weather since
the treatment.
>>How did you know it was OA syrup?
I could not be certain 100% (I did not taste-test it ;-). It was on
a frame, where there had been no stores at the time of the treatment,
outside of the cluster. There had been no flying weather and I did
not feed. It had a whitish-watery appearance. It looked different
than anything I've ever seen. The bees seemed to stay away from it.
It disappeared only a few weeks later.
>>OA in nucs is a great way to start relatively mite free colonies.
It's also good for treating unknown swarms. Going forward I plan to
keep captured bees from any varroa-infested house/tree colonies -
this year there was only 1 in 10 or so - separate from their brood
and treating with OA. I'll treat the brood with OA after its
emergence.
Waldemar
Long Island, NY
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