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- Number of Hives
- Too many - but not nearly enough
Yep - and it's snakeoila hop based product is available in the UK,
Yep - and it's snakeoila hop based product is available in the UK,
There's plenty of effective thymol based treatments out there and mites have not built any resistance to them thus far. Unlike your Amitraz and pyrethroid based miticidesSadly, there don't seem to be be very many (if any) effective soft chemical varroa control products.
How many hives did you try it on ?Yep - and it's snakeoil
Or you just got lucky ... there were/are lots of reports of dead queens when using MAQS .. you only have to do a google search to find them. I don't treat my bees for varroa but I think MAQS would be at the bottom of my list of options if I did ... why risk it when there are other equally effective treatments available.Maybe. My bees were obviously penitent little beings and the good Lord benevolently spared their mothers.
If I'd only used it on one (or maybe two) hives that might have been a valid pointOr you just got lucky ...
And how many of those are reports by people who have heard reports of dead queens and so haven't tried it themselves?there were/are lots of reports of dead queens when using MAQS .. you only have to do a google search to find them.
That depends on the individual beekeeper's circumstances, e.g. supers in situ, beginner with little equipment, etcwhy risk it when there are other equally effective treatments available.
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