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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 12861" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>thats not good. i suspect there is still some collapsing hives out there from being abandoned/mistreated.</p><p></p><p></p><p>one staple won't do any good.</p><p>randy oliver has really good research on amount of OA to kill mites in a hive. you need a high enough dose for long enough. also the higher you go the less variability you tend to get. so its a waste of time and money to under dose.</p><p></p><p>i did notice the strips they supply now are a bit thinner than the original ones that i did the quick and dirty testing on.</p><p>still i think the one staple per two frames of brood seams to be a good size. its interesting that they don't touch any strip/side that doesn't have brood near it.</p><p>i have a suspicion that we need a strip in every bee gap so each side of a brood frame that is being actively worked on is getting a dose. </p><p></p><p>of interest that strip i had out of the pack, that was dry to touch. i turned the dehumidifier up so the room humidity went up to 40%, and it started showing white on the outside.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 12861, member: 30"] thats not good. i suspect there is still some collapsing hives out there from being abandoned/mistreated. one staple won't do any good. randy oliver has really good research on amount of OA to kill mites in a hive. you need a high enough dose for long enough. also the higher you go the less variability you tend to get. so its a waste of time and money to under dose. i did notice the strips they supply now are a bit thinner than the original ones that i did the quick and dirty testing on. still i think the one staple per two frames of brood seams to be a good size. its interesting that they don't touch any strip/side that doesn't have brood near it. i have a suspicion that we need a strip in every bee gap so each side of a brood frame that is being actively worked on is getting a dose. of interest that strip i had out of the pack, that was dry to touch. i turned the dehumidifier up so the room humidity went up to 40%, and it started showing white on the outside. [/QUOTE]
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