Beekeeping For Beginners - My Best Chemical-free Strategy Against Varroa Mites - Q&A (PART 2)
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2019
- Pavel, a native of Russia, has over 30 years of experience with beekeeping, highly recommends these items when first starting out, visit this link to see which ones and why ---- kit.co/annakra/on-a-budget-de...
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I have been changing my way of managing my bees and one of the methods I plan to use is what is being explained in these videos.
I have never come across this method till now and I believe it is confirmation that what I am incorporating into my bee keeping this year is the right way to go for 100% success.
Great idea to interrupt brood cycle and put the bees to work building new comb. I have seen the shook swarm method used in order to save bees from European foulbrood. I think this is a great way to treat for mites going into the dearth. I feed the bees anyway, might as well kill mite and build new comb at the same time. thanks for the video!
Yes! :) you’re very welcome!
Glad to see you are so diligent on feeding and building comb.
Ireland calling thank you you have given me a new perspective on veroa mites
Thank you
I've never been shown the wax glands on a live bee before! Very interesting.
Nice work, thank you for sharing this method of beekeeping with beekeeping world . Keep up the good work and continue
You’re very welcome! Thank you for support!
@@AnnaKra Do you use any inspection screened bottom board on any hives ?
@@Beekeeping_Bro Yes, on some of the hives, he does. He is thinking to switch all his hives to screened bottoms soon. Our next video is about screen bottoms and other ways to control varroa mites. Stay tuned. :)
Great info. know why I see white pupa now. Yes start chemicals and wish us
luck. God Bless
Thanks for watching! Good luck!
Anna good information 👍.
Thank you Mariya! :)
Thanks a lot for sharing some beekeeping caring technique ms Anna & sir...very inspiring episode : )
You’re very welcome! :)
@@AnnaKra my pleasure ms Anna & please continue teaching us : )
I totally understand Pavel's method. He's caging queen to break brood cycle. No brood, no where for varroa to reproduce. Pavel is also managing combs for new, healthy comb. I agree with both of approaches. I also put the year on all of my frames so I can cull out old comb.
I have incorporated some of Pavel's ideas in my bee yard with good results. I am thankful he shares his knowledge with us.
Thank you! I’m glad someone understands! :) thanks for the support!
In our country changing to new comb, is required! Is not allowed have older then 3 years in drood box and older then 5 year in super box, every years twice come check veterinars, first time just warming, second time take from all colony (family) sample to check, and if something found, they order to you fire all things
Interupt the brood cycle, is not bad idea, in next year I will try on 1-2 colony
Oh wow! That’s good! Thanks for watching! :)
@@AnnaKra I ordered some special queen cages from Italy earlier this year for this purpose. Anna, where does your dad get the traps he is using?
A possible follow up to this method would be to give the bees one treatment of oxalic acid vapor to wipe out remaining varroa before allowing queen to start laying again.
This method your dad is using is reinforced by the work of Dr. Tom Seeley at Cornell University.
the most beautiful waxes are with oblique vertical thread , in natural construction
Yes, natural construction is the best! :)
Thank you Anna and Pavel for your wonderful videos. I am a beekeeper in Michigan and later in the season my bees are reluctant to build comb, so I'm glad you have a video about comb building later in the season.
My question to you is about the sugar syrup. Early in the spring we are told to use 1:1 ratio sugar syrup for comb building. Then in the Fall, they recommend 2:1 ratio sugar syrup to encourage them to store it for winter.
Do you use 1:1 ratio sugar syrup to encourage them to build comb late in the season?
You're very welcome! Thank you for watching! We always use 1:1 Ratio.
I find it funny that bee keepers worldwide mention Minnesota when talking about cold climate bee keeping.
After freezing for 4 days, warm the comb up to room temperature before returning to the hive.
Please watch PART 1 First: ua-cam.com/video/pqrv0dbZPqM/v-deo.html Thank you for watching everyone! I hope you can understand my dad better in this video. To answer the question, what happens to the remaining varroa mites that are feeding off the adult bees. My dad said, while the bees are building new comb, the bees have some time to shake off mites and clean themselves. In 10-15 days the remaining mites should be reduced. You can also treat the remaining mites naturally. This method works best with hygienic bees. We are still experimenting with this method and planning to post updates soon.
So, uncapped brood = veroa mite?
Yes, most of the time varroa mites got to it. We have another video coming soon, possible today on this subject.
Hi all, how do you clean plastic foundation? Also do you keep queen excluder on year round?
We try to avoid plastic foundation all together. May I ask the reason you would want to clean plastic? I’ll get back to you on the second question, I’ll ask my dad when I get a chance. Thank you for watching!
Anna Kra I started with plastic, taught by a bee keeper, to switch to other type of frame is to expensive. Do I allow the bees to clean it out and then reuse Pavel says to add new frames for bees to make more foundation . The plastic frames are already built up
He said he doesn’t use it and does not recommend it. He only uses it to do experiments on. He had low survival rate on plastic according to his experience amount other things. We are not sure how to clean it.
@@AnnaKra On a few I have I pulled the old comb off, it has a lip on top so I just put back into the hive and they build out new comb for it
thank you for sharing such beneficial knowledge, did you get a chance to ask your dad about the queen excluders
What part of the country are you guys in this is good information .
Thank you! We are in SC!
So he's saying that the holes in the brood pattern are caused by mites killing the original larva that was laid in with the rest of the closed brood? It's not because she may have missed a few?
The eaten holes, they have a weird look to it, not the empty holes. Also, where the normal bees came out, not those either. We will try to point it out better in future videos. Good question! Thanks for watching.
Why don't you freeze the combs that are brood free and have sugar syrup honey? It's my understanding that freezing kills the mites.
Well for some people this practice is not ideal and very time consuming especially if you have 50 hives. Thanks for watching!
You freeze the drone brood .
The mites dont live in the honey
So it sounds like you guys throw your whole frames with comb away, no harvesting or rendering of wax. Is this true? You don’t reuse your frames?
If the frames are in bad condition we throw them away. If not we only throw away the comb. We let the bees nurture the rest of the brood and yes we do harvest the honey first. Thanks for watching and commenting!
So what are your reasons for throwing away the wax?I would at least look at rendering it & selling it if it was me.
Wax is known to build up bacteria. It's a good idea to switch it every now and then, especially if you use chemicals to treat varroa mites. I hope this helps.
This technique can only be done in your area or another area where in fall therr is pollen coming in hive.If there is not pollen at September or November and you feed your bees constantly with syrup then the bees cannot build comb , and after you release the queen it is very likely to develop american foulbrood ,because bees in order to feed their larva ,they feed them from their hemolymph becauce they have no pollen.
Very good technique ,but with restrictions.
Yes, that is true. But it can also be done in spring! Thanks for watching and commenting!