Did OA kill my bees?

Hivemaker. · Mar 5, 2013

Chrisfnvs said:
I imagine we will have a lot more coming on here saying they have lost their colonies or Queens when they start using MAQ`S which by all accounts will be very popular when it becomes available, i think the basic requirement before treatment is a strong healthy colony , and to stick to the recommended method of treatment etc.

Yes, going to be interesting watching that one unfold.... i predict lots of tales of woe when queens are balled.

Finman · Mar 5, 2013

Chrisfnvs said:
I imagine we will have a lot more coming on here saying they have lost their colonies or Queens when they start using MAQ`S .

Houli pouli.

MAQ is formic acid. Formic has been used 30 years against varroa but now the End is near!!!

Hivemaker. · Mar 5, 2013

Finman said:
MAQ is formic acid. Formic has been used 30 years against varroa but now the End is near!!!

Every cloud has a silver lining :thanks:

Chrisfnvs · Mar 5, 2013

Finman said:
Houli pouli.

MAQ is formic acid. Formic has been used 30 years against varroa but now the End is near!!!

As i said before Finman were are a bit behind here in the UK, but what i was referring to was the possible misuse of these products not the product itself

nosmoking · Mar 6, 2013

Having just blocked the entrances to stop robbing yesterday I had another look today. Both hives are clean (apart from the dead bees) so I am assuming no nosema. I still reckon it was the OA. There's about 6 frames of sealed honey in the largest hive in a super that obviously I removed to apply the OA and then replaced, question: would this be ok to extract? or would it bee contaminated with OA? Thanks guys and gals.