# Flow hive in Kansas **URL:** https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-in-kansas/27265 **Category:** Flow Hive **Created:** [August 27, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-in-kansas/27265 "2020-08-27T17:23:56Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 19
### Author: ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD) #### Post date: [September 12, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-in-kansas/27265/19 "2020-09-12T00:56:54Z")
> [@Jerry](#): > > This hive is brand new this year, middle of may when we put the 3 lbs. of bees in, is it usual to have varroa this soon? I just posted some photos on another thread. This hive is from a package installed in mid-April this year, from a very reputable supplier. It absolutely needed treating, even after less than 5 months: > [@Oxalic acid vaporizer](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/oxalic-acid-vaporizer/27321/5): > > If you are willing to use Oxalic Acid (Savogran Wood Bleach from Home Depot is about $8 and is absolutely perfect), then I suggest you do it now. We treated a couple of days ago, and this is a photo of the accelerated mite drop. Basically a nightmare! [IMG\_2933] Here is a close-up: [IMG\_2935] flushed We will keep treating every 5 days, until we see less than 25 mites on the slider. If we hadn’t treated, it would have been a disaster. It still might be… 😯 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-in-kansas/27265)._