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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: spud on June 01, 2008, 05:51:27 PM

Title: mite drop
Post by: spud on June 01, 2008, 05:51:27 PM
Got a daily mite drop of 13 on hive and 10 on another, do you think I need to take action just yet? What values of mite drop are you all getting?
Title: Re: mite drop
Post by: HAB on June 01, 2008, 06:55:23 PM
We've been fogging with FGMO every couple of weeks and now after fogging are seeing only 5-10 on a 24hr sticky board below a SBB.
Been using DE in foam poster board and now our SHB are practically gone (never seeing more than two or three still living) also.
Plus a little DE in a large circle (no closer than 6ft from hive) has totally (as in Zero Ants) taken care of the ant problem. :) :) :)
Title: Re: mite drop
Post by: Michael Bush on June 01, 2008, 09:33:44 PM
40 or more is probably a problem.  Less probably isn't yet.