Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New listings
New media comments
New resources
New calendar events
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Calendar
New events
Resources
Latest reviews
Search resources
Classifieds
New listings
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Reply to thread
Menu
Install the app
Install
Forums
New Zealand Beekeeping Forums
New Zealand Beekeeping Disease & Pests
Concerning Developments in Canada
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Welcome to NZ Beekeepers+
Would you like to join the rest of our members? Feel free to sign up today.
Sign up
Message
<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 12470" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>i think thats not a good practise as such. i also disagree with the 3 staples a bit that many use unless its running low amounts of brood.</p><p>the reason is simply oxalic breaks down very very fast. its not like chemical strips where the fairly stable chem gets onto the bee and then spread from that bee to other bees. so you can have two strips and the chem gets spread around all the bees easy enough. oxalic is less spreading because it doesn't last, so you need more bees contacting the strips, hence more strips. but also bee activity dictates how much contact the bees get. </p><p></p><p>so if bees are active on frames that don't have treatment then they don't get treatment. ie you need strips placed in every frame gap that has brood. 8 frames of brood 4 staples (8 strips). dose level is more about strip width.</p><p></p><p>so adding few strips later doesn't really help, having a few old ones and a few new ones is not good because some will get enough dose, others will get an ineffective dose. when you need all to get an effective dose. 2 new strips is not spread across all the bees, its only going to effect a few of them.</p><p>so all strips need to be replaced with new ones.</p><p></p><p>i suspect some of the issues are caused by oxalic being promoted as cheap and beeks trying to use the less staples they can, instead of error on the side of caution and using the max they can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 12470, member: 30"] i think thats not a good practise as such. i also disagree with the 3 staples a bit that many use unless its running low amounts of brood. the reason is simply oxalic breaks down very very fast. its not like chemical strips where the fairly stable chem gets onto the bee and then spread from that bee to other bees. so you can have two strips and the chem gets spread around all the bees easy enough. oxalic is less spreading because it doesn't last, so you need more bees contacting the strips, hence more strips. but also bee activity dictates how much contact the bees get. so if bees are active on frames that don't have treatment then they don't get treatment. ie you need strips placed in every frame gap that has brood. 8 frames of brood 4 staples (8 strips). dose level is more about strip width. so adding few strips later doesn't really help, having a few old ones and a few new ones is not good because some will get enough dose, others will get an ineffective dose. when you need all to get an effective dose. 2 new strips is not spread across all the bees, its only going to effect a few of them. so all strips need to be replaced with new ones. i suspect some of the issues are caused by oxalic being promoted as cheap and beeks trying to use the less staples they can, instead of error on the side of caution and using the max they can. [/QUOTE]
Verification
What type of honey is New Zealand famous for?
Post reply
Forums
New Zealand Beekeeping Forums
New Zealand Beekeeping Disease & Pests
Concerning Developments in Canada
Top
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…