Apiguard with supers on

[tarjoadi]

Hi everyone,

Last year in autumn I done few Apiguard treatments and at the end was not able to find a tray in one of the hives. I was able to find it recently, long after I placed the supers which now are full with honey. I know that is not indicated to have supers on during an Apiguard treatment, but considering the treatment was last year in autumn, can I still use the honey?

Please let me know your suggestions.

Thank you

[Ben Framed]

I for one do not know the answer to that one but welcome to beemaster . It might be a good idea to contact the manufacturer and see what their answer is.

Phillip

[The15thMember]

Welcome to Beemaster, tarjoadi!   

I'm not sure either.  Are you planning on selling the honey?  I doubt the residual amount of active ingredients would affect the honey much after a year, but I might be inclined to not sell honey like this, just in case.  Perhaps just keep it for your own use if you are comfortable with that or feed it back to bees in the future. 

[Bill Murray]

I dont know the answer to this either. I use this product, and never after 2 weeks is any left on the cardboard. normally most of the cardboard has also been chewed and removed. Cant even imagine any being left after 6 months.

[Spur9]

Would I give/sell the honey to someone? No
Would I eat the honey myself? If it was the only honey that I had, yes. 

The tray was probably empty well before you added supers.  It really comes down to integrity and what you are portraying to your customers. 

[Ben Framed]

I dont know the answer to this either. I use this product, and never after 2 weeks is any left on the cardboard. normally most of the cardboard has also been chewed and removed. Cant even imagine any being left after 6 months.

In that case I can?t either Bill. Even in the most outlandish estimate they might have covered it with propolis. The reason I speculate is once I watched a video where a fellow was doing a removal. Believe it or not there was a squirrel dried up and covered with propolis! Mummmified!