Anything new in SHB control over the past 12-18 months. Been out of things for a while
Slicko
You Aussies are way ahead of us on SHB treatment with your govt's approval of the Fipronil traps. :?
If fipronil is authorised for use in Queensland, the DPI hasn't updated their webpage and registered beekeepers have not been notified. http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/4790_18157.htm (http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/4790_18157.htm)
This is the Apithor label http://www.apithor.com.au/images/pdf/ApithorLabel.pdf (http://www.apithor.com.au/images/pdf/ApithorLabel.pdf)
I looked up the permit http://permits.apvma.gov.au/PER12007.PDF (http://permits.apvma.gov.au/PER12007.PDF) It is for emergency use in ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC, WA, SA "IN FORCE FROM 29 SEPTEMBER 2010 TO 30 JUNE 2012."
Lone
Its reallly good one pdf for whose unaware on same topice even I am also thankful to your post ;)
Quote from: SlickMick on October 06, 2011, 04:24:18 AM
Anything new in SHB control over the past 12-18 months. Been out of things for a while
Slicko
Hey Slicko!
nothing new that I have heard of unfortunately.
My Screened Bottom Boards seem to be working well - did you use that mesh I gave you? How did you find it?
I think the holes in that mesh may actually be a fration too small, as I think my bees have started regressing as I am starting to get a few bees in the cooking oil now :( however I got none through the mesh in the first 12 months.
The combination of foundationless and SBB have worked well so far this year - fingers crossed.
ML
Hey Slicko, SHB are like fleas on a dog down this way and I am now using Apithor bait stations and they seem to work well. I have learnt through two hives losses to tilt all hives slightly forward so any rain or moisture drains out. It you don't the bait station gets wet and the SHB won't enter them, and it turns to slime in a week.
Cheers
Steve
Hay slicko
a new way that might control SMB
HM
bio control for viroa mites
Apithor is working very well for me. At $5.00 a pop every three months it is expensive but I never have any concerns about SHB. I tend to not worry about them in the cooler months. I prepare a new botom board with the trap attached and swap them over. I wouldn't bother with them May - August in the Coffs climate. $10.00 to $15.00 per year is much easier for me than fussing with oil traps and the like. I rarely see SHB except for under the hive mat on the top super in my 3 - 4 super hives. Just my opinion.
Yanta