A week ago I treated my hive with Mite Away Quick Strips. We followed the product directions.
Today (after the 7 day treatment period) we inspected the hive and removed the strips. The bees were very aggressive. A lot of brood had hatched during the week of treatment but we didn't see any eggs or larvae and the vacated cells were getting filled with nectar and bee bread (lots of resources). They have lots of room in a second brood box but are mostly filling it with food resources.
Does/can the formic acid treatment interrupt the normal queen activities? I know it can cause some brood loss, which we haven't seen, but I didn't expect to see a lack of eggs and larvae.
The bees were so aggressive that we didn't inspect every frame but we did not see swarm cells or supersedure cells on the frames we inspected. There were a few normal dry queen cups. We didn't see the queen but didn't look very long because the bees were so mad.
Should this be expected from the MAQS?
Today (after the 7 day treatment period) we inspected the hive and removed the strips. The bees were very aggressive. A lot of brood had hatched during the week of treatment but we didn't see any eggs or larvae and the vacated cells were getting filled with nectar and bee bread (lots of resources). They have lots of room in a second brood box but are mostly filling it with food resources.
Does/can the formic acid treatment interrupt the normal queen activities? I know it can cause some brood loss, which we haven't seen, but I didn't expect to see a lack of eggs and larvae.
The bees were so aggressive that we didn't inspect every frame but we did not see swarm cells or supersedure cells on the frames we inspected. There were a few normal dry queen cups. We didn't see the queen but didn't look very long because the bees were so mad.
Should this be expected from the MAQS?