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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 11529" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>as above, organic treatments are somewhat variable in their ability to kill mites. so not really suited for beginners as it adds workload, complexity and risk of failure.</p><p>apiguard is very temperature dependant, so its really only an autumn treatment. we did a few years of it and found it worked very poorly in spring temps and thats in northland.</p><p></p><p>i would stick to conventional to start with, build your hive up, learn your skills. split the hive in summer or autumn. you really want two hives in case one fails. if you make a mistake you want to have something handy to fix it with.</p><p>learn the skills and gain experience before doing the complicated stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 11529, member: 30"] as above, organic treatments are somewhat variable in their ability to kill mites. so not really suited for beginners as it adds workload, complexity and risk of failure. apiguard is very temperature dependant, so its really only an autumn treatment. we did a few years of it and found it worked very poorly in spring temps and thats in northland. i would stick to conventional to start with, build your hive up, learn your skills. split the hive in summer or autumn. you really want two hives in case one fails. if you make a mistake you want to have something handy to fix it with. learn the skills and gain experience before doing the complicated stuff. [/QUOTE]
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