Last winter I had an acid cap pop and hit me in the forehead. This year I got some bees from Cory Stevens and reproduced as many new queens as I could in late summer. Fingers crossed for this spring.
I have a few colonies condensed side by side & a few that are all alone in different places of my property..the 3 that were side by side had mites so bad compared to the alone ones which didn't need treatment.
Melissa is awesome!! Full of information & great ideas!! Pretty amazing! Wealth of knowledge.. thank u
Salam
Thank yall very much for all the info! Also I run russian honeybees with almost mite free.
39:52 Convergent evolution IS a thing!
Last winter I had an acid cap pop and hit me in the forehead. This year I got some bees from Cory Stevens and reproduced as many new queens as I could in late summer. Fingers crossed for this spring.
Oooo let me know how they turn out! I have yet to try his queens
I have a few colonies condensed side by side & a few that are all alone in different places of my property..the 3 that were side by side had mites so bad compared to the alone ones which didn't need treatment.
Hmmmm that is really interesting thank you for sharing this observation!! ♥️
@@beefitbeekeeping I only have 3 acres so it's not even a super big area..& in Northeast ohio so similar climate as u
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just a thought but norway cold long winters , so is insulating hives in winter more helpfull to mites than the bees
Wonder how Russian honey bees rate?
Kasey and I are experimenting with some next year! We found a breeder that makes amazing Russian queens so we are excited to see what we think
Kira Wagner has a test. See optera
Salam
See Coy Stevens