I've been thinking about my mite treatment strategy for the upcoming season, and I always seems to run into the same problem. The recommended best time for any treatment, chemical or mechanical, is always late June/early July, so that the bees who will be raising the winter bees are the healthiest and most mite-free. My problem is that one of my biggest flows of the year, the sourwood flow, is on at the same time, which makes treating in any fashion complicated or impossible, depending on the treatment. It basically means any chemical treatment is out, and I'm unsure about how to time any form of brood break in the middle of my season without affecting the productivity of the hive during the sourwood flow. My season is basically mixed early trees in March, blackberries/raspberries in April, mixed medium flow until early-mid June when we sometimes have a dearth. The sourwood hits at the end of June and lasts into July in a good year, and then we move into goldenrod and native sunflowers in August. If I wanted to do a brood break for mite control, when would be the best time?
Topic: Timing Treatments Around a Honey Flow (Read 1011 times)