Beekeeping: Massive Bee Colony with Massive Mites and how VSH may help
2023 ж. 13 Қаз.
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Are you struggling with mites in your beekeeping operation? Do you want to know what the real payoff is to having mite resistant queens? I compare discuss the peril of a treatment-free queens and why I feel VSH queens are the better choice for your beekeeping operation.
The hive did remarkably well with mechanical and non chemical treatment: • Treatment Free Beekeep...
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Interesting stuff. New subscriber here!
Welcome Bruce. Thanks for the sub!
I use queen cages for brood breaks around 7-9 days and thymol for mites. I use a sugar water misting to kick the hive into cleaning mode.
Unfortunately this colony had no brood break. They overwintered and kept stacking supers so I let them go. Even after being stripped of all brood and most of her bees they stacked another 3 supers of bees and brood.
A question I do not understand the reasoning behind. Why would you not take care of all the mites before you split off this colony an spread the mites to other bees an increase the mites in more colonies an they having to treat a lot more. Or do you just not treat them.?? Thanks
Great question. I typically don't use acaricides and this was a first for me, but the splits got treated with Oxalic Acid Vapor once they were broodless. I then gave them a new VSH queen and they will be let go for the winter and tested next year for VSH score. My stock needs to survive a winter before I will raise queens off of them The colony that donated the bees...the mother colony, did not get any treatments. If you watch the video linked in the description, removing all the brood and starting over gave her a clean slate and washed 1 mite. She has 3 boxes of bees and honey as of today and will winter without having been treated with chemicals.
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