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Offline 40 Acre Bees

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Has Anyone Tried these Bee Gyms for Mite Control
« on: April 15, 2017, 07:04:05 pm »
Has anyone ever heard of these Bee Gyms for mite control they are for sale by Dadant !! If so do they work?

https://www.dadant.com/learn/bee-gym-help-bees-work-mites/

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Re: Has Anyone Tried these Bee Gyms for Mite Control
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2017, 07:45:39 pm »
Watched the video but am not convinced it is anything more than a gimmick.
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Re: Has Anyone Tried these Bee Gyms for Mite Control
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2017, 08:01:45 pm »
That's what I figured and you need to have screened bottom boards to use it.
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Re: Has Anyone Tried these Bee Gyms for Mite Control
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2017, 08:27:46 am »
When I first read about ,I thought it was an April fools joke......Kinda curious if it really works.
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Re: Has Anyone Tried these Bee Gyms for Mite Control
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2017, 09:18:22 pm »
Embarrassing. It felt like someone drilled a hole into the girls locker room
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Re: Has Anyone Tried these Bee Gyms for Mite Control
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2017, 09:46:29 pm »
I kept waiting to see the results. They never showed  the mites that was being ejected by the gym gizmo. I am kinda with Perry on this one.
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