Apple cider vinegar can help HONEY BEES

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"Apple cider vinegar can help honey bee" is a video I made to introduce to the public a scientific discovery that can be very relevant to many honey bee enthusiasts out there that for sure it will not be at any main scientific media. Honey bee viruses spread by the mite, Varroa destructor are a big problem in apiculture today and we don't have many weapons against it. This scientific study shows that some honey bee viruses can be inactivated in acid environments.
There are several stories about beekeepers trying to use many different house-made solutions to help bees. Beekeepers can swear to god it works but I never could find anything that could explain the claims. In the case of famous beekeeper recipes with apple cider vinegar now we might have a potential explanation.
I will keep bringing news about the honey bee research to the beekeeping community and I hope you enjoy this one.
Let me know your thoughts.
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[aniankad]

Like a few others, I would love to know the ratio of apple vinegar solution for spraying on the frame. Thanks for the very educational video

[MrMigrantman]

I just found this site. I am so impressed with your thorough questions and explanations. Your presentations are needed in the beekeeping world! Keep up the great work.

[donmalkin]

Sounds very interesting I don't think I caught what the ratio of vinegar to water or how much to spray if you could answer that I sure would appreciate it bye now

[djg]

How much apple cider vinegar do people add to 1:1 sugar syrup?

[jaconmaguire]

I have a 2 apple trees in my yard and in the fall I always see the rotten-ish apples just swarmed by honey bees. Maybe they already know it's good for them!

[peterlightbody]

Interesting, first time I have heard of this theory, learnt something today, Thank you Humberto.

[poppys]

10, 000 hives. WOW! And here I was thinking I was at my limit with six.

[emilandrusko]

that was a very interesting piece. I was told that honey bees do not like Apple Cider Vinegar. In fact, this past Fall i used Apple Cider Vinegar mixed with apple juice and a "squirt" of dishwashing liquid to trap Yellow Jackets. This was very effective in trapping the yellow jackets without attracting any honey bees. I look forward to seeing updates on the topic of apple cider vinegar and honey bees.

[corncap]

Wow this is a breakthrough for beekeepers. I would like to try this but i dont know the apple cide dilution ratio

[joer]

It would be interesting if this could be tested in several of the University settings.
I’m glad it works for John.

[johngallagher]

Very interesting! is the recipe to this "apple cider vinegar solution" available? Does anyone here do this too? If so, what is your recipe?

[MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Which got me thinking, what is "the ph of propolis"? I did a quick overview and it seems to possibly be around 4? I sure could be wrong but that might explain another part of its antiviral properties. Looking forward to anything else you come up with regarding cider. Either way, cider and or propolis, you opened up and interesting can of worms. Which is fantastic.
Also a direct application of cider rather than in feed could be a clue. I'd like to talk to Marla Spivak U of M on the propolis side. They seemed to have some positive results of a propolis spray solution on the interior of hive boxes. Which begs another question, what were they diluting, making the propolis spray with? Lots of questions but I have to think there are some payway clues out there. Thanks

[davidsunderland]

Have you ever tried to make a hive resembling a log inoculated with reishi? Paul Stamets might have some ideas on how to grow some strains of fungi with or along side bees

I have noticed some types of ants like to live around local bract mushrooms, I am suggesting that in the wild these two things are essential; the ant mushroom(reishi) and bee relationship

Ants eat mites👍

[cluelessbeekeeping]

Hmmm, I should give this a shot! Thanks.

[erikbeesley]

Thank you for your contributions to beekeeping! I do use apple cider to invert the sugar when I feed my bees.

[PestInterceptors]

Very interesting. But what should be the water to vinegar ratio? Or vinegar to sugar water when feeding?

[garyfriend]

That was very interesting. Look forward to further research. I'm thinking this pH level reacearch may very well be a contributing factor to the ferral colonies surviving all of the viruses and pest. Thanks for the continuing scientific research

[davekeith]

Very good, do you mind if I recommend this on Facebook.

[catbalou]

Thank you! I feed apple cider vinegar to my chickens every couple
If months. Couple of tablespoons in a liter of water. Then I put it in a small waterer so they each drink from that instead of their normal dose. We also used to put a tablespoon on the horse grain to prevent colic. Don’t know about bees though. I think if they process pollen and water into honey at 4-5 pH then they don’t need me to pH their sugar water for them in times of stress. I will wait for the research with interest. ChickieBee Farms

[toddmansfield]

Do you just spray straight ACV from the bottle or is there a preferred mixture?