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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 13787" data-attributes="member: 30">with the staples i think the acid on the surface gets cleaned off very quickly and it causes the acid level in the hive to go to a very large peak (which is why you want the strips well drained so you don't get excess acid on the surface) which would react with the first lot of amitraz to get on the bees. reducing the effectiveness of both treatments.plus having so many strips in the brood will reduce brood area by a lot which will impact bee numbers.</blockquote>

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