Varroa Mite Treatments

0:17 How we use Apiguard
3:59 Using chemical miticides
7:00 Why we're organic beekeepers
8:00 Synergistic interaction chart
8:50 Extended release oxalic acid
12:54 Checking mite numbers
16:12 Why we treat in August
25:30 Why thymol and oxalic acid
treatments shouldn't be mixed
33:26 Genetics is the future
35:30 Our mite check kit

[gunlinebees.]

The man is a walking encyclopedia in beekeeping and management.

Mr. Binnie, thank ya much for sharing!

[DuckRiverHoney]

Morning Bob! Low numbers makes you feel good. Mite numbers are like a golf score, the lower the better.

[watsonrk]

Really informative video, nobody I follow is making and taking this level of effort to share information. Thank you Sir!

I've only kept bees now going on 5 years. First 2 were disastrous and now I'm near 100% sustainable thanks to you. I've been practicing brood break periods, where there isn't any new brood being laid to interrupt the mite cycle. Right after the Basswood flow is done, I crush the queens, let the bees backfill some of the vacated comb and then when the new queen is successfully raised, off the the races we go for winter.

And like you mentioned, about 20% need that second try to make there queen.

[pondimek]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Bob. For Aussie beekeepers this is an excellent video showing how beekeepers live with and manage varroa mites. Your explanations of techniques and the decision making process is educational and of great value.

[rosscollins]

Glad you and your crew enjoy making these videos. I learn a lot and look forward to them! They are informative and relaxing.
Thanks!

[goingsouth]

i have gone back and watched this video 10 times since it came out. great info

[ChanceHubbell]

Thank you for making this video. I'm a first year beekeeper choosing to use apigaurd for my mite treatment on the advice i read in bee culture magazine. It's comforting and educational to see you and so many other beekeepers i follow using apigaurd. Thank you for all your amazing videos. Take care King Bob.

[scottreese]

Our goldenrod has been in bloom here in taft, tn for two weeks now. Usually its September. Very different season, everything bloomed 2 to 4+ weeks early. Not sure what the Lord is doing but I've learned to trust him:) thanks for taking time to keep us up to date, God bless

[nunamvseravno]

Single most honest video i have ever watched.

[antoineignizio]

Good morning Bob, well done, thank you for your hard work and keeping everyone on the cutting edge on our quest to become better beekeepers, Antoine, Henderson county beekeepers association 😊🐝👍

[researcherAmateur]

Good day Bob. See, a couple years back when that doctor, researcher with a strange accent (who gave me my name) with black finger nails, together with that other doctor were talking bad about oxalic-glycerin strips.. I told you all that they were doing something wrong because by then I used it in combination with brood breaks around 5 years and it always worked fantastic for me.
Actually together with 40 years of selection it became my only treatment for the entire year. And I finally after fighting varroa since 1977- 78 can say.. l don't have a problem with varroa anymore.
I'm glad you kept at it and find a way to make it work for you

[katiemorgan]

Great video, full of information. Looking forward to part 2!

[hanshasselberg]

Good morning from Germany. Thank you so much for putting out so much information again and again. Long time viewer, learned more from you than from anybody else. Much appreciated!

[DougMassengale]

Mr. Binnie, you nailed it. I am a small bee keeper but have had as many as 70 hives. The tracheal mites are what started me trying to find bees that didn't need treated. After a lot of searching I started with Buckfast bees because they were already pretty immune to Acarine and went from there. The thing i found out was to stop bringing in more bees unless they were already showing signs of immunity. I haven't treated for varroa in twenty years. They aren't mite proof. Out of twenty hives i found 3 mites last year and none this year, so they are holding their own. I am sure that out of all the bees you have you already have some that are already very mite resistant. I love your videos. I am no business man but really like raising bees.

[PeabodysApiary]

I absolutely love your management ! Bees are looking good Bob. What a great video this is. Thank you sir

[randygreene]

Thank you for another fine video. Even as a master beekeeper I still learn something from all of your videos.

[srae]

Thank you so much for freely sharing your in depth knowledge and research. Your channel is the most beneficial of all of them that I follow!

[noahG]

Great video Bob! My plan is once I can sustain my operation and no longer supplementing it with funds from my main source of income my plan is to do the same with gentics. I really appreciate the time you put into them. I have learned so much over the last 5 years! Thanks so much!

[cindylee]

Very well done. Liked seeing Jesse’s brake down at the end! Y’all rock!

[WilliamBryan-qq]

I got to meet Jesse last Friday. I really enjoyed chatting with him. I was a little intimidated actually. He is very knowledgeable!