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I used Global patties with the Apis Biologix this fall on my full hives and NUC's and my hives have never looked better. I will see how they come out of winter. Thanks for your videos.
Great video thanks. What do you do with the hives with the 2nd year queens after the honey crop is collected? Do you need to treat mites at that point?
Good question. Traditionally I have not treated these colonies (production colonies). In the last 2 seasons I have treated colonies with Formic Pro that have shown high mite pressure coupled with a mite wash. I leave a good population of these colonies untreated to select future breeding stock from.
I agree with you Troy (and Cory) that mite washes can give a very skewed view with regard to mite resistant colonies. It is looking like UBeeO will be the assay that queen breeders need to do that narrowing down the breeder selection. Thanks for the content.
Seems like you and Cory stevens are the future with beekeeping a lot of interesting information keep up the great work
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Thanks for the vid Troy! Those clusters definitely can be tricky to gauge from above when things start cooling off!
I used Global patties with the Apis Biologix this fall on my full hives and NUC's and my hives have never looked better. I will see how they come out of winter. Thanks for your videos.
Great video thanks. What do you do with the hives with the 2nd year queens after the honey crop is collected? Do you need to treat mites at that point?
Good question. Traditionally I have not treated these colonies (production colonies). In the last 2 seasons I have treated colonies with Formic Pro that have shown high mite pressure coupled with a mite wash. I leave a good population of these colonies untreated to select future breeding stock from.
With the feeder in the middle, what keeps the bees/queens from comingling? Glenn
I like your feeders. What have you done to them so the queens don't cross over to the other side of the nuc.
I have a divider that seperates the feeder in half. I will have to make a short video of the feeder soon.
Rumor has it global coming out with a dry mix .. next month
I agree with you Troy (and Cory) that mite washes can give a very skewed view with regard to mite resistant colonies. It is looking like UBeeO will be the assay that queen breeders need to do that narrowing down the breeder selection. Thanks for the content.
What type of fabric is your innercover
I use grain bags for inner covers on the nucleus colonies. They are the woven / plastic type.
@@hallapiariesnh that’s what I thought it looked like thanks for the reply Mr. Hall