# Varroa trap and Flow Hive 2? **URL:** \ **Category:** Flow Hive\ **Tags:** varroa-mite, flow-hive-2\ **Created:** [August 17, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/varroa-trap-and-flow-hive-2/27159 "2020-08-17T13:44:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [August 17, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/varroa-trap-and-flow-hive-2/27159/2 "2020-08-17T16:36:38Z")
> [@Tartuffo](#): > > which causes me stress worrying that we’ll accidentally kill our queen One way to avoid that is to find her before you start and put the frame that she is on into an empty box with an inner cover underneath it so that she won’t fall out of the box. > [@Tartuffo](#): > > fall through the metal screen at the bottom of the Flow Hive 2? I don’t have a Flow hive 2, but the the screen is designed to let wax and SHB fall through, so mites certainly will - they are tiny (only around 1mm across)! > [@Tartuffo](#): > > What do people recommend for capturing the mites? You only need a sticky board if you don’t have a hive with a slider. So you shouldn’t need one. > [@Tartuffo](#): > > Will this be reasonably accurate to show whether or not we have a mite problem? It depends on _ **exactly** _ how you do it. If you just count a clean slider every 24 hours, that is horribly inaccurate. However, if you have an oxalic acid vaporizer and you do an “accelerated mite drop count”, that is very accurate. Here is how you do it: > [@Oxalic Acid Treatments discussion](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/oxalic-acid-treatments-discussion/21401/28): > > Hi @Martha, I think you have some good ideas, and tidying up the bridge comb is always helpful. One of the things I like to do with Varroa treatment is an “accelerated mite drop” count. Sounds fancy, but it is very simple. While you are vaping, thoroughly clean off the core flute slider. When you have finished with the iron, put the clean slider back Exactly 24 hours later, remove the slider carefully and count the number of mites. If there are more than 25 mites on the whole slider, repeat tr… I photograph the slider when I pull it out, so that I can count at leisure, plus I have a record of the count. If you have a good camera, bright lighting and a steady hand, the photo is really helpful. If you can’t do that, you really need powdered sugar or alcohol. 😊 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/varroa-trap-and-flow-hive-2/27159)._