How to Prepare Colonies for Winter - Episode 2 - Varroa Treatments - How to Overwinter Beehives
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- How to Prepare Colonies for Winter - Episode 2 - Varroa Treatments - How to Overwinter Beehives
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Your quality of videos are another level, no waffle, no going off topic, just solid straight to the point bee advice with clear examples... they've really helped a lot.
Thanks Iain. That's very kind of you! I heavily edit the waffle out! ;)
First year beekeeper in Devon here. Can’t tell you how useful these videos are. Thanks and keep up the quality content!
Hey Sam! Thanks for the positive feedback 😀
Would you consider doing a video on your process for the refining of wax for candles etc?
How many strips would you use in a 6 frame Langstroth.
I put 1 strip in with them, 3 weeks ago.
I did see a bee this week with a varroa on its thorax
Thanks god it doesnt snow here :-)
Hi Laurence, I've just added a new queen to a hopelessly queenless colony (end July), there is very little brood in there at the moment, which I expect will have reduced the level of varroa which was not too high anyway. Should I still treat them?
Hello, which entrance do you keep open for wintering?
We only use a bottom entrance and keep the top well insulated. Appreciate that doesn't work if you are neck deep in snow though 😉
Is Apivar treatment necessary if you’re vaping as well? Say if you vape three times in Sept and once in Dec, would that be sufficient varroa treatment in itself?
No. Plenty do numerous treatments in Aug/Sept (5/6 five days apart) and then once in Dec
Hi Laurence
Do you keep the queen excluder under the upturned ashforth feeder. ?
Yes. I do indeed
And here in ja
You don't advocate oxalic acid for varroa? is that a Govt. approval issue or personal choice?
Government approval but also an Autumn/Winter thing. We use Apibioxal for a one shot blast in Dec as well as Apivar. In Autumn in can take 5 shots at 5 day intervals to get the mites down
@@BlackMountainHoney Great, video series, thanks for the information