[MichelinMan]

I'm going to treat my hives with formic acid this September after I harvest the honey. It's going to be the first time I do this and I plan on using the small mite wipe pads which hold 35ml of acid. This treatment requires 5 or 6 applications 4 days apart... temperature permitting. So pretty much all of September. But this is also the time I feed 2:1 syrup using individual feeders. So my question... can I feed while the acid is on? Will they even take the feed? If I wait until October to feed the temperature is usually too cold for them to process the syrup.

Thanks to all that reply.

 

[MinnePchyolka]

I have the same question... did you get any answers? I am using mite away II, and wonder if I can top feed at the same time.

 

[PerryBee]

The answer to the feeding when MiteAway II pads are on is yes, you can feed.

Perry

 

[Michael B]

Agreed, you can feed with mite treatments. The only downside is you are depending on the bees to distribute the miticide throught the hive. Feeding can reduce that. I have apiguard on two hives and I am feeding because they need it.

 

[hilreal]

Last fall I put the mite away II spacer and then a hive top feeder over that. Bees took the feed and based on mite drop the formic did its job too. Perhaps climbing over the pad to get to the feed helped distribute the chemical?