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>>> .what is its advantage over formic, thymol or oxalic?
> The answer is simply that Apivar works like a damn if properly applied
> and can clean up if the others screw up, which they do quite often.
I just did four washes on a random sampling of my 70 or so hives.
The wash counts were 3, 1, 1, & 1.
I have not treated with anything since last September at which time one
of my better washes looked like this:
http://honeybeeworld.com/diary/images/2012/diary2.jpg
At that time, my daily natural drops were
HIVE # COUNT
1 41
2 90
3 155
4 76
5 21
6 22
7 31
8 174
9 4
10 113
I had been using oxalic vapour and dribble and formic pads the
previous fall and nothing since.
Details are in my diary for the previous fall. (See sig).
Anyhow, I freaked and used two strips of Apivar last Set as
soon as I saw that I was looking at wintering problems coming up
due to the loads.
It was a bad winter with 35-60% loss, depending on how I count
the losses, but I did not lose all as I am sure I would have if
I tried using oxalic or formic.
This fall, I am much happier.
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Why go fast if you can go slow?
Allen Dick
Swalwell, Alberta, Canada
51°33'37.58"N 113°18'54.24"W
Semi-retired - 40+ years keeping bees - 4500 hives max
Currently running 20 to 100 hives
Hives for sale year-round
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/
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