At 08:50 AM 4/12/96 -0400, you wrote: > REGARDING Re:If you read my last post you know that I am >hobbiest... > >Jeffrey Tooker writes: >"I want to start with a nuc (four frame from a reputable supply house) in >a brood chamber with nine or ten full sized frames. I am starting clean >this month and do not plan to take any honey untill next year. > >I would like information on when and how to start treatment for brood >diseases and mites?" > >I believe the sooner the better. Don't let mites get a head start at all. >Therefore, as soon as the nuc is hived, I would place a couple Apistan strips >at the center of the cluster area, and put a 1/2 lb patty of Terrapatty (or >make up a Crisco/sugar/terramycin batch yourself) on the top bars. Apistan >will help control varroa and the patty will control AFB, EFB and tracheal >mites. Leave the strips in 45 days, but leave the patty in all year (and >replace when necessary) if you don't plan to harvest honey this year. In late >August - early September, put Apistan strips in again for 45 days, then >remove. Then if you feed Fumadil in 1:1 syrup in early fall, your bees should >be healthy and raring to go a year from now. > >Ted Fischer > Ted thank you for your very informative reply. I will file it under both Mites and Diseases. Just one more question. What controls the Vmites when the strips are not in? Thank You Jeffrey Tooker >