Further treatments ???

[Bakerbee]

Hi all i have three hives which are sll in the same apiary. Two seem to have very low varroa counts but one is still dropping 9 over24hrs on the 5th week of apiguard. (1st tray on for 10 days all gone follwed by 2nd tray). Should i treat them further and if so with what. Thanks for all your advice. Cheers Justine

 

[Ian123]

i would be inclined to give another tray if in any doubt, or find a friend with a open pack of apivar they have not used up.

 

[Bakerbee]

Thanks ian i was worried on over treating them , if they could handle more than one type, and causing resistance, but i suppose if theyre weakened by varroa then its a mute point worrying about the health or tolerance of them whilst giving further treatments.

 

[For want of a better word]

i would be inclined to give another tray if in any doubt, or find a friend with a open pack of apivar they have not used up.

Would that contravene the VMD's regulations?

You could try vaporising with the Api Bi Poxall stuff

Nos da

 

[Millet]

I agree Vape the little suckers..

 

[Ian123]

Bakerbee there are no resistance issues that involve thymol or your acid treatments, they have a different form of attack compared to your chemicals/apistan/apivar

 

[Bakerbee]

Thanks ian i was worried about over treating and unsure of if they could tolerate further treatments even the natural ones. You been a great help thanks.

 

[ShinySideUp]

Similar thing has happened to me in that two of my hives still have large mite drops after two treatments with Apiguard. I have put a third treatment in and have fed them at the same time as the last time the queens stopped laying for a couple of weeks.