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Just something puzzling me. People frequently recommend on here 3 OA treatments 5 days apart when there is brood in the hive. That covers a total period of 10 days. As the mites are going to be most plentiful in drone brood, which is sealed for 16 days I can't see how 3 treatments 5 days apart...

I want to use a vaporiser on my poly hives for the first time. I was planning on going under the floor so as not to risk melting the poly round the entrance. My hives are Swienty about 6 years old so not the new design. The OMF is a perforated sheet and not the woven mesh that you usually get...

Has anyone seen or had any experience of Thorn poly nucs that have appeared in their 2014 catalogue? I was hoping to see one at the WBKA convention but didn't get there & it's hard to get an idea of what they're like from the white blob catalogue picture. I have a couple of Pains ones but...