They won't be sealed off for long so I wouldn't worry about bees returning, I'm more concerned with these high mite numbers and after so many treatments.
Done my final vape of this cycle and still over 100 mites dropping after 24 hours.
So I’ve now vaped 1 complete cycle with GasVap and another with a sublimox. 8 treatments now.
I guess I keep going??!
Or do I treat again when brood less later in Wilmer?
To be honest after experiencing just this a few years back I’d put in some Apivar and forget it for a few weeks till it’s time to get the strips out.I'm in a similar situation. Done 7 vapes and still > 100 on a few hives, far less on others.
I'm going to carry on as the numbers are reducing. I may swap to every 3 days. My bees are in the garden so fairly easy to do.
OK, maye I put in Apivar then. I know you are meant to remove supers, but can I leave supers on if they are just there for the bees rather than there to be harvested?
I'm in a similar situation. Done 7 vapes and still > 100 on a few hives, far less on others.
I'm going to carry on as the numbers are reducing. I may swap to every 3 days. My bees are in the garden so fairly easy to do.
Do you mean they stopped treating when they got to 100??I helped a friend vape their hives, they bottled it too when drops got to a hundred. From one hive with a mite drop well into 4 figure drops. They lost all 9 hives that winter; they were crushed.
Putting in Apivar isn't bottling it. It's what I did and the colony was fineI helped a friend vape their hives, they bottled it too when drops got to a hundred. From one hive with a mite drop well into 4 figure drops. They lost all 9 hives that winter; they were crushed.
If you are leaving supers on then unless you can mark the frames (in the spring) so that they never enter your food chain then keep going with the OAV.OK, maye I put in Apivar then. I know you are meant to remove supers, but can I leave supers on if they are just there for the bees rather than there to be harvested?
I guess what I'm saying [badly] is to stop and risks losing the hives. Surely on the balance of probabilities it is wiser to keep battling than give up completely, but hey they aint my bee's.Putting in Apivar isn't bottling it. It's what I did and the colony was fine
I never check, to be honestThe accepted doctrine is a count >10 over a 7 day period risks losing the hive to a mite infestation. This hen becomes you goal doesn't it?
Cold donner kebab with congealed garlic mayonnaise and hot chilli sauce to cure the hangover.I was joking, you know. Shops here have the Christmas sections open, though
Ah yes....I remember the Pizza and curry days
Yes. Have to be drunk to eat thatdonner kebab
yep - there was an excellent restaurant who also did takeaways on the walk back from the scotchman pub to the nurse's home at the Royal Infirmary in Bristol, there was always enough left over from a large doner sat on the bedside table for breakfastCold donner kebab
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