I went into #1and removed the formic acid pads that had been in for two weeks. They definitely killed mites. I just hope it killed enough.
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| Dead mites on formic acid pad |
The bees seemed less defensive at first, but after some time, there were several pinging me. But they did not follow me more than a couple of yards from the hive. Overall, I have the impression that the re-queening has diminished the unwanted aggressive behavior; time will tell.
There were eggs and young larvae in the super and the queen was running around in the deep box, where there were larvae also .
The top super had a reasonable amount of capped honey. I may extract the capped honey before we leave next month.
