Bottom Board/Varroa

[FleurBleue]

Wisdom needed please.
I've put my varroa treatment in the hives. At the moment they just have the ventilated bottom, do I need to put the hard board back on as well for the strips to work their magic, or does it not make any difference?

 

[B+.]

Wisdom needed please.
I've put my varroa treatment in the hives. At the moment they just have the ventilated bottom, do I need to put the hard board back on as well for the strips to work their magic, or does it not make any difference?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "hard board". Could you please explain what this is?

If it is a board that slides under the open mesh floor, the answer is to leave it out at the moment so any debris (i.e. dead varroa) falls out the bottom of the hive.
If you mean the "coverboard" that goes ontop of the brood box, then yes, this should go back on.

 

[FleurBleue]

The hard board that slides in and out, thanks for the reply, x

 

[GaryB]

What treatment have you applied? If it's formic acid based then ventilation is quite important.

 

[MuswellMetro]

is it Apivar treatment or another like apistan, apilife-var. MAQS?

 

[B+.]

do I need to put the hard board back on as well for the strips to work their magic, or does it not make any difference?

She said strips so, I am assuming something like apistan/bayvarrol

 

[GaryB]

What about MAQS, they're strips.

 

[FleurBleue]

I used Apivar.

 

[GaryB]

Apivar is the acaricide called amitraz, and relies on the bees making contact with it. Therefore there shouldn't be any ventilation problems. The inspection board is only there in this case if you want to monitor mite drop whilst the treatment is underway.

 

[FleurBleue]

Thank you so much everyone.