We don’t need more honey bees here
In Slovenia and around the world, conservationists try — and mostly fail — to combat the widespread belief that honey bees are in danger.
Very interesting article!
Homemade powered sugar initiates a natural grooming response from the honeybees
" Normal and acceptable mite loads are 3 mites per 100 bees. My hives have 3 mites per 200 bees . Yeah. The county inspector said to keep doing whatever it is that I’m doing. This stuff works. " This article has three techniques for controlling varroa mites without chemicals: 1. Split your hives " when you “split” a hive, you are dividing a well-established beehive into two or three new hives. By doing this, the “mite load” will be split 2 or 3 ways. " 2. Eliminate Drone Cells 3. Powdered Sugar " As they clean the sugar off of themselves, the varroa mites are naturally dislodged and drop to the bottom of your hive. "
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