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Triple treating to prevent Varroa ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Old Timer" data-source="post: 10620" data-attributes="member: 169"><p>I have recently heard of triple treating hives more for getting a better honey crop than for hive survival over winter, but it may have a follow-on effect on the mite population coming into Autumn.</p><p>METHOD : Spring and Autumn treatments as per normal, but adding a treatment of Formic Pro at the beginning of December to every hive, after they have been placed out onto their Summer sites. Supering can commence as soon as the treatments are in. I have been informed that this extra mite treatment cleans the hive of mites that have been building up since the September treatment, and reportedly the hives gathered one extra super of honey each compared to hives that did not receive the December treatment. I will be incorporating this treatment schedule for this coming season, then I will decide whether to continue with it after next season's extraction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Timer, post: 10620, member: 169"] I have recently heard of triple treating hives more for getting a better honey crop than for hive survival over winter, but it may have a follow-on effect on the mite population coming into Autumn. METHOD : Spring and Autumn treatments as per normal, but adding a treatment of Formic Pro at the beginning of December to every hive, after they have been placed out onto their Summer sites. Supering can commence as soon as the treatments are in. I have been informed that this extra mite treatment cleans the hive of mites that have been building up since the September treatment, and reportedly the hives gathered one extra super of honey each compared to hives that did not receive the December treatment. I will be incorporating this treatment schedule for this coming season, then I will decide whether to continue with it after next season's extraction. [/QUOTE]
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