Excellent idea by Allen !

Convincing those beekeepers to turn over complete mite control might be hard
unless the Mite Management service had prior mite experience.

Many varables exist with using every other mite control known besides
chemical strips including formic acid and FGMO.

Beekeepers would have scoffed at Allens idea when all they had to do was
slip strips in and later remove ( many never even removed until spring when
doing other work).

In the new world of varroa control careful testing  (each hive can be
different) and testing during treatment (to make sure the treatment is
working so a different method can be used before winter if the first method
fails) and testing after treatment to see if the treatment worked and at
what percent so the next method can be decided on for the next treatment
period..

To those large scale beekeepers saying to yourself that you will worry when
your chemical strips fail I say you are coming up on the time fast now and
need to formulate a plan to handle varroa.

Bob

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