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Does any one EVER get 100% or close kill?
(OK a shook swarm or a captured swarm....but we're not talking about this)
If we all practice the IPM that suits isn't that the best we can do and isn't it usually sufficient to let the bees thrive and produce with some coexistence with varroa?
I have had few mites evident this year.My boards have been in for a month, with a small 3" hole and I have yet to see a single mite on them. No oxalic for them this year....
I am not going to go searching and uncapping brood at this time of year and I think it's advice fraught with peril in an inexperienced beekeeper's hands.
(OK a shook swarm or a captured swarm....but we're not talking about this)
If we all practice the IPM that suits isn't that the best we can do and isn't it usually sufficient to let the bees thrive and produce with some coexistence with varroa?
I have had few mites evident this year.My boards have been in for a month, with a small 3" hole and I have yet to see a single mite on them. No oxalic for them this year....
I am not going to go searching and uncapping brood at this time of year and I think it's advice fraught with peril in an inexperienced beekeeper's hands.