Understanding varroa mites- Dr. David Peck; a NY Bee Wellness webinar

‪@NYBeeWellness‬ ; David T. Peck, Ph.D. (Director of Research and Education @Betterbee);00:00, Start
00:52, Learning objectives; Why study varroa?
2:32, Historical spread of varroa
7:44, Biology of Varroa
16:32, Virus Transmission
21:07, Year round mite control; vertical & horizontal transmission
34:46, Mite jumping onto bee from flower
42:00, Monitoring
47:26, Mite diagnosis
51:20, Control
1:04:12, Questions
Dr. Peck is the Director of Research and Education at Betterbee in Greenwich NY, where he assists in product development and research, and also teaches classes and develops scientifically-sound educational materials. His doctoral work in Cornell University's Department of Neurobiology and Behavior was supervised by Professor Tom Seeley. His dissertation research focused on the transmission of mites between bee colonies, as well as the mite-resistance traits of the untreated honey bees living in Cornell's Arnot Forest. After earning his degree he has continued to research varroa/bee interactions, including field work in Newfoundland Canada (where varroa still have not arrived) and Anosy Madagascar (where varroa arrived only in 2010 or 2011). He has served as a teaching postdoctoral fellow in Cornell's Department of Entomology, and is still affiliated with Cornell through the Honey Bee Health program in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

[@huntingkc1]

Outstanding

[@RyanMcDonnough]

Dr Peck makes many very good points. One of the best is: listen to the people who are successful.

[@PutEmInTheBox]

Quite useful. Thank you.

[@thomaswilliams6155]

Thank you for your effort to educate. Its appreciated.

[@donyork8641]

Excellent presentation! Thank you!

[@charlespenner5276]

Thanks for doing this, great information!

[@AA-sb5er]

Excellent presentation. I wasn't available to watch live.

[@sonofthunder.]

just thought to add dawn dishsoap like randy oliver found to be as good or better release agent in mite washes

[@Bobcagon]

Professor Erika Plettner and her associates at Simon Fraser University have been working on a new control method for varroa destructor. Let’s hope it will be effective so we beekeepers can be more successful in sustaining our hives without having to worry if we killed a majority of these mites. Beekeeping as a hobby is very expensive.