Picture of my honey and varroa drop

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September 28, 2007, 10:42:43 PM Last Edit: September 29, 2007, 07:53:54 AM by Robo
Here is a sample of my harvest. Light honey is basswood followed left to right by poplar/basswood and by basswood/sumac. Other picture is of 24 hour mite drop after formic acid treatment.




Cindi

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September 29, 2007, 11:20:32 AM
Sonnybee.  That is some pretty nice looking honey, you should be proud!!!

It looks like you have quite a high number of mites.  It is good that you are doing the formic acid treatment, it will surely help your hives.  Post a picture of the entire board sometime when you get a chance, I would like to see the entire surface.  Formic acid surely does a work and a wonder with mite kill.  YOu plan on leaving the pads in for at least 21 days, right?  Have a wonderful day, best of this great life.  Cindi
There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.  The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold.  The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee.  Robert Service

sonnybee

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October 01, 2007, 08:45:46 PM
Cindi, when I checked again the bottom board was pretty much clean. I didn't see any thing back in the hive. I guess that maybe the bees brought the mites outside the hive. Yep, fifteen more days with the pads.

Take care,
Sonnybee

Old Timer

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October 01, 2007, 09:40:09 PM
hey sonnybee, where you at in wv?  i haven't had much trouble with any mites for awhile. hope you're not near me with all those mites. :-P i'm not trying to tell you what to do, but you need to be less concerned with treating for mites and more concerned with keeping bees that are mite resistant. i went out and got some wild bees in the woods after the mites hit me hard when they arrived and they do a good job. you need to go out and do some beelining. i don't care what the breeders say, imho you can't beat some wild bees that's survived out on their own without any treatments or interference from man.

sonnybee

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October 02, 2007, 09:01:27 PM
Hey Old Timer, I am located in the north central part of the state in Gilmer county. I used to go camping near your area in a private camp ground on Big Draft Road. I have two feral/survivor colonies at another location that have survived for about 20 years on their own. I doubt that they would have made it another year. When I found them they were out of stores and winter was approaching. Two other hives that I have  are supposed to be kind of resistant to mites. They are or were Buckfast and West Virginia Queen cross. The other hive, the strongest, is Italian. Take care, Sonnybee
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