Treatment
|
Concentrations
|
No. of Varroa mites
|
No. of dead bees
|
---|
| |
24 h
|
48 h
|
15 days
|
Total
|
24 h
|
48 h
|
15 days
|
Total
|
Before treatment
|
1%
|
7.75 a
|
–
|
–
|
7.75
|
0.0
|
–
|
–
|
0.0
|
2%
|
10 a
|
–
|
–
|
10
|
0.0
|
–
|
–
|
0.0
|
5%
|
11.75 a
|
–
|
–
|
11.75
|
0.0
|
–
|
–
|
0.0
|
10%
|
8.75 a
|
–
|
–
|
8.75
|
0.0
|
–
|
–
|
0.0
|
Control
|
5 a
|
–
|
–
|
5
|
0.0
|
–
|
–
|
0.0
|
F value
| |
1.89NS
| | | | | | | |
First treatment
|
1%
|
6.5 a
|
6 ab
|
16.5 a
|
29
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
2%
|
11.25 a
|
10.75 a
|
25.25 a
|
47.25
|
0.0
|
1.0
|
0.0
|
1.0
|
5%
|
9.75 a
|
11 a
|
19.25 a
|
40
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
10%
|
10.5 a
|
8.5 ab
|
24.25 a
|
43.25
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
Control
|
3.5 a
|
3.75 b
|
12.75 a
|
20
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
F value
| |
2.95NS
|
3.19*
|
0.80NS
| | | | | |
Second treatment
|
1%
|
7.75 b
|
8.25 a
|
21 a
|
37
|
0.5
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
2%
|
15 ab
|
14.25 a
|
24.75 a
|
54
|
0.75
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.75
|
5%
|
17.25 a
|
14.5 a
|
27.5 a
|
59.25
|
0.50
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.50
|
10%
|
15 ab
|
14 a
|
24.25 a
|
53.25
|
0.25
|
0.25
|
0.0
|
0.50
|
Control
|
14.5 ab
|
14.25 a
|
21 a
|
49.75
|
0.25
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
F value
| |
1.61NS
|
1.62NS
|
0.30NS
| | | | | |
Third treatment
|
1%
|
7 b
|
9.25 b
|
10.25 a
|
26.5
|
0.25
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
2%
|
13.25 ab
|
10.25 b
|
21.25 a
|
44.75
|
0.25
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.35
|
5%
|
11.5 ab
|
12 b
|
23.75 a
|
47.25
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
10%
|
11.75 ab
|
11 b
|
24.5 a
|
47.25
|
0.25
|
0.25
|
0.5
|
1.0
|
Control
|
16.5 a
|
17 a
|
23.5 a
|
57
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.75
|
0.75
|
F value
| |
3.10*
|
3.77*
|
1.39NS
| | | | | |
Fourth treatment
|
1%
|
7.5 b
|
9.5 b
|
7.25 b
|
24.25
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
2%
|
8.25 b
|
9.75 b
|
11.75 b
|
29.75
|
0.25
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
5%
|
15.25 a
|
9.25 b
|
11.25 b
|
35.75
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
10%
|
10.5 ab
|
9.75 b
|
11 b
|
31.25
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
0.0
|
0.25
|
Control
|
15.5 a
|
17.25 a
|
19.5 a
|
52.25
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
F value
| |
5.25**
|
11.86**
|
5.39*
| | | | | |
- F value was determined with df (4, 15)
- NS non-significant means in a column with dissimilar letters differ significantly at 0.05 level of probability