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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 3050" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Good question Wknz I don't think I'm qualified to make a recommendation on that. Doing a course of treatment straight after the other is unorthodox anyway, but was needed in that situation. As it happened I repeated with a second Apivar treatment just because I had Apivar in stock, wether that was the best plan from a resistance point of view I don't know.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sounds good, but what's important is where the brood is. So for example if the brood in a 10 frame box was over to one side, say, frames 3, 4, and 5 had brood, you would not place the 2 strips middle of the box, you would place one strip between frames 3 and 4, and the other strip between frames 4 and 5, IE, middle of the brood.</p><p></p><p>Some beekeepers may do that differently plus they may consider if they feel the brood nest may move during the treatment period. But me, I put the strips mid brood, because every mite in the hive regardless where in the hive they are, will gravitate to the brood so they can reproduce. So that is the best killing area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 3050, member: 13"] Good question Wknz I don't think I'm qualified to make a recommendation on that. Doing a course of treatment straight after the other is unorthodox anyway, but was needed in that situation. As it happened I repeated with a second Apivar treatment just because I had Apivar in stock, wether that was the best plan from a resistance point of view I don't know. Sounds good, but what's important is where the brood is. So for example if the brood in a 10 frame box was over to one side, say, frames 3, 4, and 5 had brood, you would not place the 2 strips middle of the box, you would place one strip between frames 3 and 4, and the other strip between frames 4 and 5, IE, middle of the brood. Some beekeepers may do that differently plus they may consider if they feel the brood nest may move during the treatment period. But me, I put the strips mid brood, because every mite in the hive regardless where in the hive they are, will gravitate to the brood so they can reproduce. So that is the best killing area. [/QUOTE]
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