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Any thoughts from the list about Cameron Jack’s (University of Florida) research on caging queens and oxalic acid treatments?
Depends on your location and goals. The OA during broodless is nothing new at all. The forcefully creating broodless is the real question. If it sounds good to you, then go ahead.
Myself, the last thing I ever want to do is to stop production of my factory in mid season. I have zero interest in that loss of brood. There are other options for mite control available.
IF, and huge IF, you could somehow predict what week was going to be non productive for the hive, and back that up in both forager bee age, and larva time, in theory you could cause no real downside.
My goal is always to have the largest possible cohort of bees ready to do the job. Most people don't make surplus honey, because the hive is not in the condition to make extra, at the same time the nectar flows actually start.
This week I did the math from last year (tax time) My cost per hive this year was 3% for mite treatment actual cost per hive for the most expensive treatment ( I bought off the shelf Apivar) was 7.00 per hive. That 1 bottle of honey.
Charles
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