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  • From: Just Bee <marty AT justbeenc.com>
  • To: David Eckert <daveckert AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Heather Main <heatheremain AT gmail.com>, Thomas Grizzle <griz AT mindspring.com>, NC Beekeepers Orange County <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Mite Treatment
  • Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 11:00:29 -0400

Hey,

I'd only add to please look at the site. Everywhere is poison this poison that. Do not touch do not inhale....

I know it "says" to wait 3 days, but I personally just feel there is no time that is good to treat while supers are on. I do not even use PS while supers are on! 

I know it's the paranoid side of me but I also know the folks saying its ok are the same ones selling it! Just saying...just harvest the honey, treat for 7 days and then wait the 3 to put back on the drawn empty frames you just took. if there is still a nectar flow it's a win win.

That is the only 100% way to know its not in your honey. 

:-)
Marty 

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On Jun 2, 2013, at 10:26 AM, David Eckert <daveckert AT gmail.com> wrote:

Heather,

The Mite Away website says it's ok to use while the honey supers are on.  http://www.miteaway.com/
They've got some pretty good instructions on how and when to apply the strips as well.  

Dave


On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Heather Main <heatheremain AT gmail.com> wrote:
I thought that you could not use the honey on the bee hive after you treated with Mite Away or other treatments for varoa mites, so while treating you have to remove the honey supers. Does anyone know?

Heather Main


On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 9:59 AM, David Eckert <daveckert AT gmail.com> wrote:
I think what Fred is referring to is what the Mite Away folks are calling the "1/2 dose program".  They say using this approach is 70% effective whereas using 2 strips at once is 95% effective but there are fewer side effects with the 1/2 dose approach.  They've posted a brief pdf synopsis on their site.  http://www.miteaway.com/uploads/1/4/3/7/14371138/knockdown_vs._knockout.pdf.  I haven't tried it myself but if you do, let us know how it goes.

Dave


On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Fred Fesel <fredfesel AT gmail.com> wrote:
if these are mite away strips, you might just use one per hive. you will get the same bang for the buck with less damage to the bees. thats what i have read but i am not the final word.


On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Thomas Grizzle <griz AT mindspring.com> wrote:

Hey y’all,

 

Did a sugar shake on my two hives today and found 10 mites in one and 15 in the other.  I’ve been “treating” with powdered sugar periodically up until now, but I think it is time to relieve some stress on my poor bees.  Tomorrow I plan to apply formic acid strips, two per hive per instructions.  Wish me luck!  Looks like the weather will be right, temperature wise, for the next 7 days.

 

Also, added a super on top of an existing super today in one of my hives, and I got to employ a recently learned trick on the other hive.  In the second hive, my cut comb super was full of brood, just about every frame!  I really appreciate that tip from an earlier post on the OCBA listserv where you place a super with just foundation, no comb, in between the honey super and the brood chambers.  Once these bees hatch out in the cut comb area, I suspect the girls will clean them out nicely and just put honey since the queen should not cross the foundation layer. 

 

Tons of honey, very exciting.  Harvested my first sneak preview honey and it was very light in color with an excellent, mild flavor… I suspect wildflower honey.


Tom


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