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<blockquote data-quote="NatureAlley" data-source="post: 12629" data-attributes="member: 91"><p>Chère Gisèle,</p><p></p><p>In my relatively short existence as a beekeeper I have only used oxalic acid (OA) /glycerol (GLY)strips and results have been very good for me as well as for beekeepers in the area around Dunedin. As you will be able to read in various post on this forum people do get mixed results. Why that is, I do not know. Perhaps location plays a role. I have learned to use this treatment with the help and explanations from Otto Hyink who wrote a manual about how he makes and uses the OA Glycerol strips. You can find it on this forum.</p><p>OAGLY strips helped me get a hive through winter that in total had over 14000 mites collected on a sticky board (daily counts) over the extended winter period. I may have been very lucky, but still. But I really had to keep on top of things: condense the hives as much as possible to increase contact between bees/mites and the strips and replace strips that were chewed or had fallen off, as well as (re)placing them over brood areas at every inspection. Yes, we do have warmer days in the South where we can inspect hives <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. But OAGLY strips are certainly not the easy 30 seconds walk away approach. I do not mind at all, I only have 4-6 hives, so it is no hassle.</p><p></p><p>Bonne chance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NatureAlley, post: 12629, member: 91"] Chère Gisèle, In my relatively short existence as a beekeeper I have only used oxalic acid (OA) /glycerol (GLY)strips and results have been very good for me as well as for beekeepers in the area around Dunedin. As you will be able to read in various post on this forum people do get mixed results. Why that is, I do not know. Perhaps location plays a role. I have learned to use this treatment with the help and explanations from Otto Hyink who wrote a manual about how he makes and uses the OA Glycerol strips. You can find it on this forum. OAGLY strips helped me get a hive through winter that in total had over 14000 mites collected on a sticky board (daily counts) over the extended winter period. I may have been very lucky, but still. But I really had to keep on top of things: condense the hives as much as possible to increase contact between bees/mites and the strips and replace strips that were chewed or had fallen off, as well as (re)placing them over brood areas at every inspection. Yes, we do have warmer days in the South where we can inspect hives :). But OAGLY strips are certainly not the easy 30 seconds walk away approach. I do not mind at all, I only have 4-6 hives, so it is no hassle. Bonne chance! [/QUOTE]
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