MAQS and bee viruses

[Blacky50]

I treated by colonies with MAQS for the first time earlier this month and have noticed an immediate decrease in the number of bees with DWV and the few shiny black bees I had in one colony.

Does MAQS kill these bees off along with the varroa mites? Has anyone else noticed this?

I did find one reference to MAQS killing bees with DWV from someone in America but nothing else.

Thanks

 

[VEG]

As with any treatment a number of bees will die off usually it is the weaker ones.