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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by Ben Framed on July 26, 2024, 11:49:20 pm »and heat index was 125.
Can?t imagine!
Can?t imagine!
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DISEASE & PEST CONTROL / Re: Varroa checks
« Last post by Ben Framed on July 26, 2024, 10:58:25 pm »Though I would bump this for the sake of newer beekeepers. Good stuff here. In fact I would suggest reading the whole topic.
Nigel I can see where it is surprising to you, not being the traditional approach. It was for me as well until Beeboy01 did an experiment back a couple years ago, all the while keeping us updated of the findings as he went along. Coolbees did a similar experiment reporting his findings here on this very same topic, reporting way back in Reply #13. (I realize there has been a lot of ground covered in this interesting topic). Go back and take a look at his interesting findings.
I tried to find beeboy topic as well and with the intention of posting its reference here for you but so far I have not found it. Good stuff uncovered here by both of our fellow members! I am glad you have joined us here at beemaster as well. Your input is very helpful and appreciated!!!
Phillip
... Treatment day 1 then wait till day 7 retreat. The problem is Varroa exiting their capped cells between days 2 and 6....
I also do 3-day treatment cycles with OAV, for exactly the reason you state. Only, I usually try to treat 9 times (27 day total).
I did mite counts and sticky board drop counts on every hive during treatment - for 2 years. I collected all the data. Based on that data, I now: treat in August (once yearly) & don't count mites. This is what has worked for me, in my area. My bees don't get a brood break due to winter, but they do have a dearth from August till November.
My average mite drop counts would look like this (counted on the 3rd day after each treatment, just prior to the next treatment):
900
900
900
450
300
300
280
320
18
As you can see, the last 2 or 3 treatments seemed to catch a goodly qty of mites, before the drop counts really fell.
I know they say that OAV "stays effective" for 3 days, but my notes showed very little increase in mite drops after about 30 hours post-treatment. Suggesting to me that efficacy drops off quickly.
My data definitely has proven - to me - that a 7-day OAV treatment cycle would not work. Fwiw.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by jtcmedic on July 26, 2024, 09:52:39 pm »Getting ready for fall flow, sumac is almost ready to pop, checked hives and made my last couple splits . It was hot out there 94 and heat index was 125.
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GREETINGS/TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF / Re: Hello everybody
« Last post by Kathyp on July 26, 2024, 11:27:03 am »Hi! I was away a bit and missed your post. You are very close to JP the Beeman if you want to look up some of his YouTube removals. I spent some interesting times in Metairie during some hurricanes. 
I am assuming of course that you are in Metairie, LA. It seems to be a good beekeeping place.
I am assuming of course that you are in Metairie, LA. It seems to be a good beekeeping place.
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MOVIES / ANATOMY OF A FALL
« Last post by Salvo on July 25, 2024, 08:56:48 pm »Hi Folks,
My wife and I saw this movie. EXCELLENT!!!!! TENSION!!!!!
Language mostly English, bounces to French with subtitles. You get into it and get pulled along. It was NOT boring at all.
The trial prosecutor was terribly effective to the point of heartlessness. The h&w fights were so real and familiar, but so distressing.
https://youtu.be/fTrsp5BMloA
https://youtu.be/NAtJ2lLNenE
https://youtu.be/LOYroTZ8LzE
Sal
My wife and I saw this movie. EXCELLENT!!!!! TENSION!!!!!
Language mostly English, bounces to French with subtitles. You get into it and get pulled along. It was NOT boring at all.
The trial prosecutor was terribly effective to the point of heartlessness. The h&w fights were so real and familiar, but so distressing.
https://youtu.be/fTrsp5BMloA
https://youtu.be/NAtJ2lLNenE
https://youtu.be/LOYroTZ8LzE
Sal
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by The15thMember on July 25, 2024, 06:43:11 pm »I agree with beesnweeds. I'm about to do my fall mite checks once I get the rest of my sourwood off (if it ever stops raining, that is!). The amount of foraging doesn't affect mite levels really.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by beesnweeds on July 25, 2024, 06:08:25 pm »Now is a great time to do a mite wash, you want a low count before they start raising winter bees. 4 mites or under per 300 bees off an open brood frame is fine anything over that greatly reduces the chance they will survive winter.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by Terri Yaki on July 25, 2024, 01:43:38 pm »80s and extremely humid here the last few days and the bees are hardly doing anything...except guzzling syrup. My mentor is considering coming over tomorrow and checking things out, maybe a mite check but if they're not out foraging, is that a good idea?
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024
« Last post by Michael Bush on July 25, 2024, 05:24:01 am »I'm 5b.For a year, back when global warming was taking place, they bumped us to 6. By the next year, when global warming didn't happen, we went back to 5b.
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024
« Last post by Lesgold on July 25, 2024, 03:20:27 am »Always wondered what your zones were. Are those temperatures related to minimum averages for winter?