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<blockquote data-quote="Otto" data-source="post: 11816" data-attributes="member: 73"><p>If you want a publishable, definitive scientific answer yes. Beekeepers don't have that much use for those though...</p><p></p><p>I am just trying to point out that using it requires a shift in mentality. I don't think it is a treatment you can simply put in twice a year by the calendar and forget about. Dealing with Varroa long term is going to be a case of evolving how you do things as a beekeeper. </p><p></p><p>I am pretty certain that the bees take time to adjust to oxalic acid in the hive environment. My suspicion is that the microflora of the hive (gut bacteria etc) need to get used to it and once they do it actually starts working better and better in the hives (because there are less detrimental effects on the bees). I have no real way of testing this though (would be an expensive set of experiments to run and analyse). I am again pretty certain that for me, beekeeping (with respect to dealing with Varroa) has actually got easier in the last two seasons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otto, post: 11816, member: 73"] If you want a publishable, definitive scientific answer yes. Beekeepers don't have that much use for those though... I am just trying to point out that using it requires a shift in mentality. I don't think it is a treatment you can simply put in twice a year by the calendar and forget about. Dealing with Varroa long term is going to be a case of evolving how you do things as a beekeeper. I am pretty certain that the bees take time to adjust to oxalic acid in the hive environment. My suspicion is that the microflora of the hive (gut bacteria etc) need to get used to it and once they do it actually starts working better and better in the hives (because there are less detrimental effects on the bees). I have no real way of testing this though (would be an expensive set of experiments to run and analyse). I am again pretty certain that for me, beekeeping (with respect to dealing with Varroa) has actually got easier in the last two seasons. [/QUOTE]
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