Was having an interesting discussion the other day in another forum re: mite treatments. Some folks are of the opinion that apivar is losing effectiveness locally. Others feel the placement of the strips is critical to success but that they're still working as advertised. OAV still seems to be the leading knockout punch for mites.
What's your opinion? Are you still treating with Apivar? Is it working?
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Re: Mite treatments
Did not work well for me. It seems to work if the dose is increased or two treatments a year after used. One did the trick previously.
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Re: Mite treatments
Pulling in comments Allen started on another thread about TBH's in response to my comments about small cell size perhaps having some effectiveness in mite control, here's an interesting (but not scientifically conclusive) article on the topic, more for interest's sake than because I think anyone is going to rush out and wholesale convert.
http://scientificbeekeeping.com/trial-o ... ell-combs/
http://scientificbeekeeping.com/trial-o ... ell-combs/
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Re: Mite treatments
A commercial keeper I have been working with has told me that he too has heard reports of Apivar losing effectiveness. As always, he continues to advise rotating through different methods of treatments, never using the same one twice in a row, in order to reduce the possibility of developing resistance.
In my own experience, though I was told that Apistan was no longer effective I had one year when my supers came off too late to use Formic. I used the Apistan instead and had a good kill with it, and all of the hives made it through the winter.
In my own experience, though I was told that Apistan was no longer effective I had one year when my supers came off too late to use Formic. I used the Apistan instead and had a good kill with it, and all of the hives made it through the winter.