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    Just watch how you are sublimating. If using a 12v pan under an open mesh floor it's worth increasing the amount of OA as a lot will condense onto the wire mesh. Meaning that the bees (or should that be the mites) might not receive the optimal dosage of OA to get a 97% kill rate. It doesn't appear to harm the bees to use more than the 2 (or is it 2.2) gm optimal dosage that everyone seems to have adopted. That was the minimum concentration to give that kill rate, higher doses don't seem to affect the bees but will ensure you are getting enough into your hive to compensate for the stuff that isn't.
    I think it may help explain why some find vaping very successful and others find they still have high varroa loads afterwards.
    Last edited by Thymallus; 16-01-2017 at 07:17 PM.

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