How to prevent mites in your hive
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ค. 2023
- An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In this video, I explore the benefits of Integrated Pest Management, and show you some simple steps you can take to prevent varroa mite populations from growing out of control in your beehive.
Join me on my adventure of beekeeping, as I climb the learning curve and do my best to treat these bees right.
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Bees were acquired from Woodland Bee Co. These are Italian bees. They came with the pollen patty included.
All bee gear I used:
Green Drone Comb: capitalbeesupply.com/products...
Hive Stand: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Bee Suit: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
Bee Gloves: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Hive Tool: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Smoker: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Bee Hive: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
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I use clove oil and origano oil wipe the floor using clve and oriano sparingly and wipe over the top bars i got rid of the mites in mi hive and best of it is you can use this any time of year ❤ aw and organic coconut water in the water feeders gives them a wonderful boost xx
Hopgard too, it also kills hive beetles, AND can be used with honey supers on...
No boy bees means no mated queens. Great idea 💡
Hi, thanks for your comment. The colony makes way more drones than is needed, so it’s not a problem :)
Also, queens don’t mate with drones from their own hive.
@@ShorewoodBeeNice Actually they don't if you are using green drone frames. That is one of the benefits of using green frames---that the bees put the drone larvae on that comb and not all over the colony. Also---not all chemical interventions create an issue for honey consumption---OA and Formic Acid for example.
@@ronaldstilwell3464 Nice, thanks!
They still produce drones on other frames, no problem
I have read that if you put sticky paper on the bottom below the screen, you can keep better track of mite numbers. It might help with proving your theory on prevention. I believe in prevention, but nay sayers will want hard numbers. Good job!
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll be keeping track of mite counts through regular sampling rather than relying on mite drop, which isn’t all that reliable as it turns out.
won't the cold kill the drones too though?
Unfortunately, yes, but drones can’t forage, and their roll is limited to mating, so it’s a worthwhile sacrifice.
@@ShorewoodBeeNice ok
Never Heard of a Green Frame Before.
Thanks 🙏
Very good video, one question where did u get the green frame for drones ?
Hi thanks for your comment. I got it from capitalbeesupply.com/products/pierco-green-drone-comb/ - link is also in the description :)
Amazon,10 pcs 33.89
I follow you idea with some scepticism, yes we need the drones for some obvious reasons but could it be fantastic to temporarily isolate them for varroa treatment before releasing into the colony
I'm not sure how that would work, but maybe! I'd be interested to see if someone has tried something like that
Would this technique if not preformed correctly or timely enough cause the opportunity to have a larger mite infestation?
That is correct, you'll to stay on top of it
Do you change these out every 3 weeks with a new one?
How does this affect the workers that are expending energy and resources to produce drone comb, uselessly?
These are not negative questions. I am not a beekeeper, but I find this to be a fascinating pastime. My neighbor keeps bees, and I worry everytime I look at his hive and think of varroa mites and moths.
I grew up getting stung by bees in my yard, but the last 20 years have rarely seen bees until my neighbor started. I have had to catch a couple in my house to let them out, and see them often in my yard. Makes me happy.
Hi, thanks for your comment!
The bees probably won’t make drone every 3 weeks, they’ll only use it “as needed” from their perspective. That being said, there’s no real downside for the nurse bees tending the drones. They would have been doing it anyways, and the drone’s only purpose is to reproduce, which is an unnecessary task when beekeeping at this scale.
@@ShorewoodBeeNice Thank you
are you in florida?
I’m in the Pacific Northwest :)
@@ShorewoodBeeNice Me Too
You did your homework and your hive looks good for it. I've never had luck with the drone comb myself, as the worker girls don't seem to like drawing it out. When you take out wax from your hive, save it, melt it, and reapply it to your boards with a (new-fresh) brush - this will help them to get started. Also, make sure you have freezer space (that your wife is okay with you using). Thanks for sharing the video - and keep up the fight against those destroyers.
Thank you for your suggestion! I’ve got a chest freezer with plenty of space ready to go. I’ve also noticed that the bees aren’t really drawing it out much. I just put some extra wax on it a couple days ago so hopefully that will help :)
You dont need to freeze the drone comb. You can just uncapp it with a knife and shake the drones out along with the mites.
So where is the best place to get a green drone game board?
Great video new bee keeper TN.
Hi, thanks for your question! I have updated the description of this video to include a link to where I got my green drone comb.
Amazon sells 10 pcs for 33.89
How do you get the warm moist air fr honey dehydration out of the hive is there a large opening on the top of the hive to let the air flow thru ???
Thanks for your comment. I do have a screened vent opening on the feeder board, and where I live, it’s not very humid during the warm season, so the bees have no problem regulating the humidity in the hive :)
Nicely done.
thank you 🙏
excellent...good show. keep it up.
👌👍👏
Have you watched the joy of beekeeping on TH-cam?
I can't say I have, sorry
Unfortunately this false logic in my opinion,I run 200 hives all with drone foundation,I don’t think the mites are that clever to pick dronecomb,I find the mites in braced drone Comb but very little in drone frames,I ve not treated my bees for 8 years and give them a brood break ,unfortunately varroa is endemic and some thing you have to live with,producing drones takes a lot of resources for the colony and you’ll get very poor mating if you destroy it all and put the colony out of balance, the most important thing in my mind is to have bees that don’t produce brood 12 months of the year and which are locally adapted.good luck
thanks for the insight!
Why you stealing everyone's information and making like you are an expert?
Hi, thanks for your comment. I’m no expert, the first thing I say in the video states as much, and if you read the description it explicitly says so as well. I’m simply showing what I’m doing in what I hope is a well presented and informational format :)
First thought I had was, did he just buy everything just to make a video.... the whole video is based around using a well known technique but the title suggests something different.
I bought everything to keep bees, and I decided to also make videos, no reason I can't do both :)