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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 12966" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Of course it is not possible to know which or both of your bee sources came with the mites. However the important thing is you are doing something about it, so, nice work <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite22" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />.</p><p></p><p>There are no fixed rules about how often to monitor, if you want to do it every 3 days then so be it. If you are buying sticky boards that will be expensive, a much cheaper option is use a board of some kind, preferable of the material they make election banners from, cut to the right size and spray with some cooking oil to trap the mites. just scrape off and re spray each time you inspect it.</p><p></p><p>If the mites are in the brood you will not see numbers reduce much for a couple of weeks until a full cycle of capped brood has emerged. After that you will see numbers reduce, hopefully to nothing, this can take a coupe of months.</p><p></p><p>Keep us updated will be interesting to see how you go <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="Alastair, post: 12966, member: 13"] Of course it is not possible to know which or both of your bee sources came with the mites. However the important thing is you are doing something about it, so, nice work (y). There are no fixed rules about how often to monitor, if you want to do it every 3 days then so be it. If you are buying sticky boards that will be expensive, a much cheaper option is use a board of some kind, preferable of the material they make election banners from, cut to the right size and spray with some cooking oil to trap the mites. just scrape off and re spray each time you inspect it. If the mites are in the brood you will not see numbers reduce much for a couple of weeks until a full cycle of capped brood has emerged. After that you will see numbers reduce, hopefully to nothing, this can take a coupe of months. Keep us updated will be interesting to see how you go :) [/QUOTE]
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