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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 9846" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Gotta remember that new mites will continue to emerge from hatching brood for the first brood cycle, and because of the parabolic way mite numbers increase, that could be quite a few mites. Add to that OA/GL strips do not get the fast kill like the synthetic strips, what you describe John could be pretty normal.</p><p></p><p>Some years back when I was doing a lot of washes to check the efficiency of OA / GL, I was finding a wash at the 3 week mark in autumn could get an increase in mites, yet give it enough time and it would wipe all the mites in the hive.</p><p></p><p>Other thing to consider is at this time of year many hives are reducing brood, thus causing an increase of phoretic mites, which can give a deceptive comparative test result.</p><p></p><p>Let's know what your results are in another month <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite22" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 9846, member: 13"] Gotta remember that new mites will continue to emerge from hatching brood for the first brood cycle, and because of the parabolic way mite numbers increase, that could be quite a few mites. Add to that OA/GL strips do not get the fast kill like the synthetic strips, what you describe John could be pretty normal. Some years back when I was doing a lot of washes to check the efficiency of OA / GL, I was finding a wash at the 3 week mark in autumn could get an increase in mites, yet give it enough time and it would wipe all the mites in the hive. Other thing to consider is at this time of year many hives are reducing brood, thus causing an increase of phoretic mites, which can give a deceptive comparative test result. Let's know what your results are in another month (y) :). [/QUOTE]
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