Just shaking into a fresh hive breaks the brood cycle long enough for a
treatment to not need a treament. A hive that has not one single varroa
mite in it will still have a mature varroa population within 2 years
chemical treatment or not. The shakedown is enough to do the job.

Scot Mc Pherson
Bradenton Bees
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