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Usually one dose is enough if you used a thymol based varroacide at the back end of summer. It has been suggested in scientifc papers that up to 3 doses at 7 day intervals, appear to have no detrimental effect on the bees. In my experience one dose is usually enough and the advice from you bee...

Not necessarily If managed correctly and a/s is performed properly even "swarmy" bees can be controlled. The easiest way to avoid swarms is to buy good quality queens, which means spending money, something beekeepers are shy about, and providing enough room for the colony and the crop, avoid...