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  • From: Elisabeth Curtis <granda.curtis AT gmail.com>
  • To: Orange County Bees <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ocba] sticky board test after treatment
  • Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 12:28:00 -0400

We determined that our mite population was too high for comfort and put the Mite-Away Quick Strips on for ten days. Took 'em off on Thursday and did a sticky board test Friday to Sunday. There are tons of mites, more than we saw before the treatment, but they all seem dead. Did I do the sticky board test too soon after taking off the strips and are these dead mites still falling off as a result of the treatment? Or did the treatment fail completely?  I've always wondered with the sticky board test whether one should make a distinction between mites that seem dead and those that are waving their little legs around, b/c there always seem to be a goodly number that are lifeless. I normally just count 'em all. Thanks! -Elisabeth Curtis



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