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<blockquote data-quote="Dennis Crowley" data-source="post: 3032" data-attributes="member: 63"><p>With all due respect, this is like a water bed, push in one spot and the other goes up. I know 4 different beekeepers in the BOP and Waikato that have all lost huge numbers of hives, but they all have lost them in different years in the last 4. a couple up to 50% losses the others 30%+ish . Each blaming the strips at the time, they all back to using the same strips they cursed, but had a break for a season. </p><p>The problem is that one beekeeper can have an issue with a treatment for what ever reason, and they may have mites resistant to their treatment but not other beekeepers around them. The trouble is we all use different varroa management treatments at different times. We should have done what they used to do with brucellosis (not sure of spelling) in cattle where everyone had to treat at the same time in a given area.</p><p>So if only a few beeks have an issue with strips, is it a strip issue or a management issue, a major issue, or???????</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dennis Crowley, post: 3032, member: 63"] With all due respect, this is like a water bed, push in one spot and the other goes up. I know 4 different beekeepers in the BOP and Waikato that have all lost huge numbers of hives, but they all have lost them in different years in the last 4. a couple up to 50% losses the others 30%+ish . Each blaming the strips at the time, they all back to using the same strips they cursed, but had a break for a season. The problem is that one beekeeper can have an issue with a treatment for what ever reason, and they may have mites resistant to their treatment but not other beekeepers around them. The trouble is we all use different varroa management treatments at different times. We should have done what they used to do with brucellosis (not sure of spelling) in cattle where everyone had to treat at the same time in a given area. So if only a few beeks have an issue with strips, is it a strip issue or a management issue, a major issue, or??????? [/QUOTE]
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