OAV
Posted: May 15th, 2019, 9:45 pm
Allen, interesting study you linked in your diary. I am not seeing the negative results the study is describing. The sample size seems much too small to give conclusive results.
I did 4 OAV this spring at 4 or 5 day intervals beginning April 15 immediately after the bees were moved out of the wintering shed. Most hives have almost as many frames of brood as bees. The largest hives have 7 to 9 frames with brood in them and many actually having 7 to 9 frames of brood. Not what I would expect if OAV was having substantial negative effects.
Full disclosure. I manufacture and sell a commercial OAV unit.
I did 4 OAV this spring at 4 or 5 day intervals beginning April 15 immediately after the bees were moved out of the wintering shed. Most hives have almost as many frames of brood as bees. The largest hives have 7 to 9 frames with brood in them and many actually having 7 to 9 frames of brood. Not what I would expect if OAV was having substantial negative effects.
Full disclosure. I manufacture and sell a commercial OAV unit.