"Dick Allen" wrote:
> I wish that was true in my case. Last summer I had more bees with
shriveled wings in
> my hives than I've ever had in the past.
So perhaps you have a particularly susceptible strain of bee?
Most of mine are mongrels and treatment with thymol for the last 7 years -
no Apistan or Bayvarol - resulted in moderate (up to 30%) winter losses at
first. Now losses are much lower and DWV is virtually absent. Average
crop (measured on colonies fed for winter) has improved slightly - although
the appalling summer (monsoon season?) here will probably dent it a bit this
year.
Incidentally, I heard on the news tonight that this has been the wettest
August on record; they were talking about 'once in a thousand years' - well,
I can cope with it if we don't get another before 3004!
Peter Edwards
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