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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 13560" data-attributes="member: 30">is that enough? 2gm sounds low but i don't know what size hives you have.again you want it to be 3-4 days apart. that extra day or two is enough for them to breed up some more. there is a write up somewhere of someone who went through all this and kept good records. they found they needed to do it every 3-4 days.you highlight one of the problems with this method, being able to keep on time. like almost all treatments when there is brood, it needs to be be constant otherwise you allow the mites to continue to breed and be hidden away from the treatment.</blockquote>

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