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<blockquote data-quote="frazzledfozzle" data-source="post: 5604" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>I can’t really give any advice one way or the other but have tried the ox/gl staples.</p><p>When I first put them in hives they went into my cell builders because I’m in them every day and coiled keep a good eye on what was going on.</p><p></p><p>I was really impressed. I had around 60 builders of those probably 10% had significant die off of bees out the front which was scary at the time but I was told those hives probably had high mite numbers and it was sick bees dying.</p><p></p><p>Come that same Autumn we put staples in everything and had a disaster losing over 200 hives.</p><p></p><p>We put the staples in and walked away which I now know is wrong and I also believe that the reason the bees died on mass is because once the Spring treatment came out we didn’t treat till putting staples in in Autumn.</p><p>I think the bees that have had mites on them have open wounds and when they come into contact with the staples it’s curtains for them.</p><p>i have no proof of that it’s just what I think.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of very good beekeepers successfully using staples so I think they are probably a really good bet <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="frazzledfozzle, post: 5604, member: 57"] I can’t really give any advice one way or the other but have tried the ox/gl staples. When I first put them in hives they went into my cell builders because I’m in them every day and coiled keep a good eye on what was going on. I was really impressed. I had around 60 builders of those probably 10% had significant die off of bees out the front which was scary at the time but I was told those hives probably had high mite numbers and it was sick bees dying. Come that same Autumn we put staples in everything and had a disaster losing over 200 hives. We put the staples in and walked away which I now know is wrong and I also believe that the reason the bees died on mass is because once the Spring treatment came out we didn’t treat till putting staples in in Autumn. I think the bees that have had mites on them have open wounds and when they come into contact with the staples it’s curtains for them. i have no proof of that it’s just what I think. There are a lot of very good beekeepers successfully using staples so I think they are probably a really good bet :) [/QUOTE]
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