Beekeeping | A Different Mite Control For Healthier Bees
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ม.ค. 2023
- Beekeeping requires an effective way to control mites to keep healthier bees. What if we try something not so familiar? Mites continue to grow during the winter in our hives. Are you ready to combat mites in the spring?
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🐝🐝🐝Seems that if you do brood breaks for 4 days July, August, and September, you would get a decrease in population instead of it staying steady. What could the numbers be? If you have 30,000 going into July, what would you end up with in October? Going into winter? I guess the population is still good enough for clustering. It would just be sooner? Less summer to die off?
Remember the queen is laying 1500 new bees a day so the week break compare to those that would die from mites.
That is so informative. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
David, I was reading up on Rhubarb plants. It naturally has OA in leaves. My mind went 🤔…. Lo and behold the bees will land on the leaves and take OA back to the hive. There are studies to prove that the bees can place rhubarb leaves between the big box and super to treat mites.
Have you heard of this?
I never want to discredit natural approaches. So, I'm concerned about the amount of OA that is needed in the hive to kill mites though, that the leaves between boxes would never be enough. I'd like to see those studies though. I'm opened minded.
All the instructions I find say that the beekeeper puts the rhubarb leaves above the brood box then the bees chew it apart to clean it out, thus distributing the OA. What are your goals here? Are you trying to avoid chemical treatments or are you trying to get free chemical treatments? If you're trying to avoid chemical treatments, then OA is OA no matter how you get it. If you're trying to get free chem treatment, there needs to be some formal even semi quasi scientific method study done to show it has any effect, there aren't any published publicly, to demonstrate that there is a high enough dose to do the job, or that the bees even walk over the brood when removing the leaves. I don't think anyone has seriously tested this.
Hi, I keep bees one county west of you. I never intended to be treatment free but out of laziness I am. Sure i have losses but am finding that open breeding my local queens is extremely good and lately I've observed bees aggressively cleaning each other. I will treat if i see deformed wing virus. So far i havent treated for mites in about 3 years. Its been working ok.
Wow............chart is totally awesome. I wasn't all too clear of the timing of the mites/bees til now. BIG help. Current taking your courses ....comprehension has been achieved easily.
David, I've watched this two times now. Will most likely will do so again. Good and interesting stuff here. Thanks.
Your methods are appealing for those of us who prefer natural and organic honey as well as more healthy bees. Again I thank you, sir. I purchased a package of Saskatraz bees. I will be getting them on April 1st to put in the hive I have ready for them.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Though I am only finishing out my first year of beekeeping, I do NOT want to use chemicals to treat my bees! I cannot say that I am treatment free. I have used thymol. But I would love to be completely treatment free. I am so glad that you are bringing alternative solutions to the forefront! Many of your suggestions I already use, but I am always interested in new and varied approaches. So, thank you again!
Starting my first colony in 2023 and bought one of your feeding boards. Thanks for all the videos.
Always so much great knowledge! We love using more natural IPM methods instead of any harsh chemicals. Thanks David! Love the glass board.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ta daaaa!!!! Sounds reasonable. 👌
I do not see the video link for caging your queen. You said it was in the description. Can you send me the link?
Thank you, David.
Really good info David about varro treatment 👏👍
Try writing forward, and then flipping the video in post ;)
Good content! Thank you
Got your book and love it. I highly recommend.
Well thank you Bryan. Sheri and I each wrote 50% and now neither of us remembers which sections we each wrote 😃
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David, so much knowledge and information in your videos…thank you for sharing with us! Can you please give us a link to the queen cage you use for breaking the brood cycle?
Probably Amazon is the easiest way to buy them.
I got caught up 8n the oa vape. I was not using the right resperator so when wind shift it took my breath. Long story short along with calf being tight and given trouble with breathing the oc with johno vape I found I had blood clots. Be careful with your oa and don't underestimate calf tightness. I'm on blood thinners now and hope ill be ready for bee season in S.c. thanks for your videos
David, You are a natural born teacher !Thank you for all this useful information 🐝🐝
I use Super DFM instead of powdered sugar. Thanks for the video👍🏻🐝
What's SUPER DFM
Direct Fed Microbials. So, so many of these things are hitting the market just like in human health. Some likely help. Someone is always telling about the next best thing to save our bees. Be sure and look at studies with controlled hives to compare what things are really working.
I AM going to be a new beekeeper. I got 2 hives and a local friend to help me. I've joined the local club but haven't had a meeting yet. I'm a little anxious, but confident. I've watched tons of your videos (and others) and I think I'll be successful. THANK YOU for your help. I'll be getting your book and likely a class or two. I appreciate you David!
Thank you so much Rob and no I'm not writing backwards. I'm backwards but not that bad 😃
How often do you brake the brute cicale in Year.
Here's the link to my online queen rearing course www.honeybeesonline.com/online-queen-rearing-course-online/
2023 will be my 2nd year keeping bee's. So far they're still alive, just put on my 2nd winter bee kind a week ago, there are still bees in the hive and they're eating the candy though seemingly slowly. I fear that I didn't do a good job with mite control last fall so my first spring task will be to check that. I hope to implement your mite control practices, I have the green drone comb and a queen cage though I'm fairly sure that a chemical treatment will be needed in the spring. Slowly gaining confidence watching your videos and observing my hive over time. Even if I lose this batch of bee's, I'm better equipped in knowledge now to start over and succeed. Thank you.
So glad to help motivate you to check for mites and respond with a method you are comfortable with.
Something I would love to hear more info on is heat treating the bees. Have you ever heard of thermal treatment such as “the victor”. Also a tip for your glasses, my husband has to wear glasses and to keep them from sliding on his face you have these band things that sticks to the arms of the glasses and goes around the back of the head. May help you. I love the green drone comb method.
My bees will be here on May 5th!!! Have you ever thought of making your book an audiobook? I do a lot of driving for work and would love to get it on audio to listen to.
Thank you. This makes a lot of sense to me. I must be a visual learner lol
What do you think of doing splits to break the brood cycle. I move my queen with nurse bees to the new hive. Then the old hive needs to make a new queen and there is a break in the cycle for both hives.
I've wondered how you were getting these shots of you working on the glass board in the past, I can't believe you are actually writing backwards. That's hard! It's a really cool look , I was just convinced you were doing something different than actually writing backwards.
I was kidding 😃
🤔 A setting that mirrors the video on editing software or on your camera ....
kinda much easier though.
This is really interesting to see graphed out. It is a shame there is not an app for Beekeepers to enter their data and location to track a collective success rate, and compile that data for a broader look.
Thanks!
Luis, THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH for your SUPER THANKS. Man, I really appreciate that so much.
This looks like a very good way of dealing with varroa mites. Your PDF in the link could have graphs from the video. Those pictures (graphs) say more to me than the words. Could you update your PDF?
Yikes, that would take a ton of work and my speaking schedule and video production keeps me pretty busy, but I'll add it to my wish list.😃
Appreciate your experience, expertise and website. When it comes to mite control, it's difficult to cover it all in a single video. I'm back in the game after a 50 year hiatus. Use some IPM and some chemicals. I'd like to see 20,000 bees going into winter!! So you're feeding 1:1 syrup starting in August is designed to keep stimulating the queen? And you're using the fall flow (asters and goldenrod) to put on winter stores? -and you've already taken off the surplus?
Exactly right David
How much power sugar can you put no the bee .
Can you smother them with to much power sugar.
To control varroa mites, the suggested amount is 1 cup per deep box between frames, once a week for three weeks.
No problem using the oa witge the higni but really have not done the shake that I have. Easier just to treat
Nervous for sure!
Great video !!! Can’t find the like button but 👍
Thanks! Thumbs up will work.
Sugar 16 bucks for 25 lb and a fix would be great for S.C. weather. Ultra pro is not being used their bringing in a grey type pollen. But still working the open sug we r feed. Only have 30 + hive that I do the mountain camp method along with other feeders with with dry sugar. Getting expensive for a hobby keeper of livestock
When someone receives their package of bees, would this be a good time to administer 'OA' ? Might give you a good start!
I would not recommend that. Most packages are treated and a new package can easily abscond over any little thing when you install them.
Do you have a link to the push-in queen cage that you use for breaking the brood cycle? I found a different one on Amazon, but it doesn't state whether other bees can get in there to attend to the queen for that week of isolation....? (I might have missed it...)
We have the style you are looking for at our website: www.honeybeesonline.com/queen-push-in-cage/
@@beek THANKS!
If using green drone comb, aren't you essentially breaking the queens brood cycle as well? It will take her some time to lay in the drone comb that you are going to take out, you are taking the time away from her laying worker eggs.
True, IF she only stayed on the Green Drone Comb and laid. If she did, it would take her about 5-7 days to lay into those 7,000 cells on the green drone comb. Good observation.
Wait, the queen lays winter bees all winter???
Some yes
Mites live 50 days and accounts for the high levels even though the bee population is declining.
If you have a apiary of 10+ colonies… what % do I need to test.?
David just casually mentions he's writing backwards for us on the board. The things he does to teach us. Thanks for what you do, David!
😄 Can't reveal my secret
Could you write forwards then just flip the video?
my first winter. im worried im having too much die off. sun when i went to check a couple bees came out and landed quick. so i know i still have some inside. this winter wont be over soon enough.
Me too
Im still wondering why bees don't take the buckets from local deli
Hi, I am struggling to find the video I saw where the impact of treatments was measured on a temperature graph. Before the treatment the temperature line is very regular : but after treatment the readings are erratic for days. The least intrusive was OAV, as measured by the temperature steadying within a day !
If somebody can source this video for me I would like to study it again. Important to have a scientific based knowledge that measures the mite drop, but also the disturbance to the colony.
Maybe it was a Broodminder video or some other manufacturer ??
Very helpful.
David, how long is it safe to cage a queen for? And what size cage do you use?
No longer than necessary. A few days is fine and over 10 days is risky
I like the visual display
I'm continually worry about our hive and the population of mites. I monitor their numbers with a screened bottom board and a white corrugated plastic tray.
I don't trust my ability to find the queen to do an alcohol wash. Maybe I'll try a powdered sugar roll this summer if our hive survives. I have big plans if our hive survives. Feeding Hive Alive fondant now.
I understand David.
Hi David! Are you REALLY writing backwards? HAAAA!