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Thanks Mazza! Nice to see you here. The feedback via Graham in Perth from those wonderful people in the lab did mention starvation related to mite pressure as a reason for the symptoms. That now makes perfect sense. I was a little puzzled as the top brood box is quite heavy (I lifted it off tonight to apply Varroa medication) ... but a lack of healthy nurse bees to make the bee bread could explain things.
I plumped for Apistan which is something I haven't used for years. It should knock down enough Varroa to see it though this crisis, even if it isn't fully effective locally any more.
The colony alongside is mild-mannered and doesn't have a Varroa problem, so I'll be grafting some queens from that one.
Gavin
Last edited by gavin; 09-06-2011 at 10:33 PM.
Reason: Thanks Jon, your guess was right
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