MITES
WOW!!!Just did a nest check on the 2 nests with young and eggs (left the other 3 alone with older babies) and was getting ready to raise the houses back up and a very good friend said "Wait, whats this?" Sure enough MITES!!!!So I got the sevin and put it under the floors and around the nests in the 4 gourds. I DIDN'T PUT IT UNDER THE FLOORS OF THE OLDER BABIES, but did in the entries, Is this OK? When I checked a bit ago didn't see any Mites, I also put it in all empty cavities. Did I do enough?
Put in at entrance to gourd. The parents will spread it around.
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2015 - 18 Gourds offered - 12 active nests, 62 eggs, 51 fledged
2014 - 18 gourds offered - 12 active nests, 52 eggs, 48 fledged
2013 - 12 gourds offered - 9 pairs, 56 eggs, 52 hatched, 49 fledged
2012 - 12 gourds offered -4 pairs, 20 eggs, 19 fledged
2011 - 6 gourds offered -1 pair, 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 5 fledged !!!!
2015 - 18 Gourds offered - 12 active nests, 62 eggs, 51 fledged
2014 - 18 gourds offered - 12 active nests, 52 eggs, 48 fledged
2013 - 12 gourds offered - 9 pairs, 56 eggs, 52 hatched, 49 fledged
2012 - 12 gourds offered -4 pairs, 20 eggs, 19 fledged
2011 - 6 gourds offered -1 pair, 5 eggs, 5 hatched, 5 fledged !!!!
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Emil Pampell-Tx
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- Location: Tx, Richmond (SW of Houston)
- Martin Colony History: First started in Gretna, La in 1969 with a small homemade house, have had martins ever since at 2 different homes in Texas
I think that you did fine, that should stop the mites. I would check them again in about 3 days to make sure that the mites are gone
PMCA Member, 250 gourds, 6 poles, 2traps