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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 5793" data-attributes="member: 13">Been wondering if it is a corporate disease.There is no doubt there was a problem with some but not all bayvarol treated hives last autumn.However a smaller one man beekeeper who takes a detailed interest in his or her hives would have most likely noticed this in time.What I can imagine happening in a bigger outfit with one season workers, is boss goes "go and take the strips out". Guys jump in the truck and being under constant time pressure, rip out the strips shut the hives and return to base. Big mite numbers not noticed.That, or the strips were not even removed, the hives not even looked at.</blockquote>

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