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Anyone else used MAQs by the way ? I had a about a hundred dead bees out front the day after applying. The varroa drop was quite high but has settled down now. Seems quite a harsh but effective treatment. I have a second hive about 30cm away that I didnt treat but that had a wee spike in varroa drop after treating its neighbours. The fumes must travel a fair bit.
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Last edited by The Drone Ranger; 22-07-2013 at 10:19 PM.
Interesting point ... but workers far outnumber drones (hopefully!) though this might be balanced a bit by drones drifting more. I'm not aware of seeing mites on drones more than workers ... other than in sealed brood obviously. Saying that, mite levels seem very low at the moment presumably due to the slow spring build up. We went through a 10cm patch of drone brood, both sides of the frame, and found no mites at all in a check last week.
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I am watching mite drops as always and test treated a hive just to check
Check some drone brood as well
The other day though I was in a hive checking and spotted a drone with a mite
caught him removed mite
Next day another hive, drones again hanging around inside. One had two mites on him caught him flung him out and he could fly just fine
Thin evidence I know but you don't often see mites on bees unless things are bad (coincidence maybe)
If drones are parasitised they are usually damaged and these guys were very fit
"Taxi for Varroa"
For the first time last week I saw a drone with DWV. I'm hanging fire on varroa treatment till the first week of September when (if I'm lucky) I'll be taking off my heather honey.
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