Bought the MMK last fall, used it one time (on each hive). Saw few dead SHB so I wasn't so sure it worked. I've been tearing thru hives removing my oldest hive bodies getting ready to paint. My SHB problem has been so bad I keep oil trays on all my hives but still see twenty or more in every hive every time I open them.
This year, tearing 6 hives completely apart, I've see 3 SHB. I am absolutely amazed. I've NEVER had so few SHB. I'm dumb founded. A fall treatment appears to have killed all the ones that usually overwintered
in my hives. The MMK is a pain to use because it's time consuming, but I'm sold now. Lots of stuff controls mites, very little works on SHB and none works well.
I lost a lot of nucs this winter, but I didn't lose a single hive.
That's my two cents worth. Not scientific, no untreated control group, except for a handful of nucs that survived the winter and they all have SHB. My advice is probably worth what you paid for it,
but I'm convinced.
This year, tearing 6 hives completely apart, I've see 3 SHB. I am absolutely amazed. I've NEVER had so few SHB. I'm dumb founded. A fall treatment appears to have killed all the ones that usually overwintered
in my hives. The MMK is a pain to use because it's time consuming, but I'm sold now. Lots of stuff controls mites, very little works on SHB and none works well.
I lost a lot of nucs this winter, but I didn't lose a single hive.
That's my two cents worth. Not scientific, no untreated control group, except for a handful of nucs that survived the winter and they all have SHB. My advice is probably worth what you paid for it,
but I'm convinced.