On 23-Jan-14, at 10:24 AM, Karen Thurlow-Kimball, New Moon Apiary wrote: > When using Hopguard > some > hives totally rip the strip > s > to shreds in days and have it out in front of the hive, it looks > like a > cattail plant (Typha latifolia) exploded. Other hives totally > ignore the > cardboard strip, may chew the edges a bit but if I don > Hi Karen and all Same happens with mitewipe formic pads (basically meat pads soaked in formic acid) Bob Darrell Caledon Ontario Canada 44N80W *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html