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It's applied inside the hive, so the temperature inside the hive regulates the evaporation. Of course it's possible to f**k things up. But I myself have never lost no queen

In order to kill bees with formic acid you have to overdose at high temperatures, why would anyone do that

Temperature is important, and an experienced beekeeper understand that, if using formic acid. A beekeeper is used to look at the weather and draw conclusions. I have never had any problems. And I am not even an experienced beekeeper, only 10+ years. It's probably a beekeeping myth, losing...

In the end it's nearly always advertising for some business of some sort, while using this near scientific gibberish. Many like this, they don't understand it, but they think it sounds true, so it must be true.

It's more worrying that you believe it...... "Sweden killing"

Yes, that's because its like a TED talk, and designed mostly for non beekeepers to be impressed by it.

And instructions from the manufacturer can be useful, but in this case, when they charge 6 pounds for something you can get for far less than a pound, I would rather read what other beekeepers are saying.

All treatment methods have to be fine-tuned by the beekeeper

Yes, every generation of MAQS is Formic acid. So when I buy 20 liter 80% formic acid, it's worth a fortune, but costs nothing.

Ok, all my honey is from now on RAW, extra expensive, and all my Queens are now Selected Varroa Tolerant VSH Excellent Extra Expensive Breeders, I have never treated. Only five minutes per year, it's nothing.

Just now I am offended and laughing at the same time

Finman please, change the quote, I didn't write that

Build up is one thing, overwintering another. Poly is excellent in spring and hot days in summer, but not necessary for overwintering, that's all I say. After 1987 is not always. Winter sugar or total amount of sugar from september to april?

I like poly hives, I have them, but about overwintering..... that's a common misconception, there's no difference between wood and poly. Healthy bees have no problem at all coping normal winter temperatures. Maybe Canada, Northern Scandinavia including Northern Finland there's a small advantage...

Yes, it was gasoline on a fire. In Sweden the government immediately at Covid-19 outbreak spring 2020 in fear of economic slowdown supported the big companies with hundreds of billions, which they didn't need, they never even considered not to give dividends to the shareholders. So now ply has...

We have a responsibility to new beekeepers (and there's a lot of them), because they are always confused. Even without threads like this. And the writing of Beesnaturally can't affect experienced beekeepers. But beginners can very well believe that you can treat, or not treat, monitor or not...

I like to read a page or two in "Honey Farming" and I am sure most beekeepers, even experienced ones, has a lot to learn. He is a giant in beekeeping.

I suppose it is in one shot, like in Sweden. Otherwise it is torture

First: New Zealand, with a decisive leader in this virus crisis, has now 60 dead, Sweden, a comparable country in size and development, has over 16 000 deaths. Second: Brazil, with Bolsonaro, who refused to understand the nature of the "flu" as he always call it, has half a million, that is 500...

Can't happen, because the mite is a parasite, so it's depending on not killing it's own host. It's only doing it just now, outside Asia, because it's not endemic here