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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 9842" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Just under a month ago I put some cardboard oxalic staples into a hive I'm monitoring at home. It had around 25 mites per 400 bees in an alcohol wash. (I know 400 is not the normal number but that is what I'm using because that is what the container I chose holds). Today I replaced the strips even though they weren't particularly chewed up with eight new strips and did another alcohol wash. This time it was 125+.</p><p>I had high hopes for oxalic\glycerin strips but this has certainly dented my enthusiasm. I will check them again in a couple of weeks.</p><p>Surprisingly the hive still looks pretty healthy with just the odd bit of deformed wing showing up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 9842, member: 207"] Just under a month ago I put some cardboard oxalic staples into a hive I'm monitoring at home. It had around 25 mites per 400 bees in an alcohol wash. (I know 400 is not the normal number but that is what I'm using because that is what the container I chose holds). Today I replaced the strips even though they weren't particularly chewed up with eight new strips and did another alcohol wash. This time it was 125+. I had high hopes for oxalic\glycerin strips but this has certainly dented my enthusiasm. I will check them again in a couple of weeks. Surprisingly the hive still looks pretty healthy with just the odd bit of deformed wing showing up. [/QUOTE]
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