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[ocba] Sticky board results after 4 powdered sugar treatments
- From: "birdcr AT concentric.net" <birdcr AT concentric.net>
- To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [ocba] Sticky board results after 4 powdered sugar treatments
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:06:27 -0500 (CDT)
Folks,
About a month ago I did a sticky board test and found 64 mites
over 24 hours. Four treatments weekly of powered sugar just on the
two deep bodies from above now I have results. This morning I
counted 15 mites on the sticky board! Granted we took 25% of the
bees out 5 days ago, still if we took that in consideration 20
mites is a good improvement over 64 mites.
Also found 3 live caterpillars or beetle larva about 1/8th -3/16th
inches long on the board. Any idea what they are? I'm foggy this
morning.
Cheers,
Randy Emmitt
www.rlephoto.blogspot.com
- [ocba] Sticky board results after 4 powdered sugar treatments, birdcr AT concentric.net, 03/20/2012
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