Craftypint
New Bee
I added Apiguard on 19th August and after 2 weeks about a third was left and looked quite crystallised. I scraped this onto the second treatment and left that till today but there's still a lot left and it all looks crystallised (photo attached). Is this common?
During the treatment I left a varroa board in and taped up the back to close off the mesh floor somewhat (I've read loads on here pro and against closing during treatment)
It did get pretty cold here (Kent) for over a week after I added the initial treatment so wondering if that caused the ignoring/crystallising of it. I'm assuming that as there's lots left I should do another mite drop count and plan for another type of treatment if needed?
During the treatment I left a varroa board in and taped up the back to close off the mesh floor somewhat (I've read loads on here pro and against closing during treatment)
It did get pretty cold here (Kent) for over a week after I added the initial treatment so wondering if that caused the ignoring/crystallising of it. I'm assuming that as there's lots left I should do another mite drop count and plan for another type of treatment if needed?