MSGID: 240:232/100 31f5501c REPLY: 2:254/215 7c86209b Hello [log in to unmask] Thursday July 18 1996 23:35, [log in to unmask] wrote to ALL: >> I'll try again.... My question, What about re-using apistan >> stuips? Can you re-seal the strips after their first use and use >> them again for the next treatment? Yes, or no, and why or why not? >> Thanks, >> Tom Padgett >> Auburn, AL >> I> Well.....after using the strips for therequired and recommended 6 I> weeks, the level of chemical (fluvalinate) in the strips has reached a I> low point because of it migrating to the surface of the plastic. So I> re-using them would serve no purpose but to make the mites immune to I> the Fluvalinate because the level of it in the hive is too low to kill I> most mites and the ones that survive would be tolerant to I agree with what you said. But what is important is that all beekeeper in a same region put the strips in a same time. That the efficacity of the strips !! Alain --- GoldED 2.50 UNREG * Origin: Beenet, Host in BELGIUM (240:232/100)