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I placed the first tray on top of the main brood box frames ( using an eke) so between the brood and a half. Then placed the second tray on top of the half broodbox at the top of the hive. Thanks

MAny thanks Itma really helpful.advice

Thanks Itma I will buy another tray of apiguard. I intended to overwinter on a brood and a half but the bees fill all of the frames in both and wouldn't fit! so I have added a nadir and then put the QE on top of the eke at the top of the hive; so from bottom up nadir, broodbox, halfbroodbox...

HI I have a large colony which still fills a brood box and two supers at the end of Sept. I am in 5th week of apiguard treatment and still getting very high daily mite drops of up to 40 mites a day. Worried I hAve undertreated using 1tray at a time? Should I continue with apigard, or possibly...