Stop 🛑 the Varroa Destructor : PART 2 | Beekeeping 101

*_If you have bee colonies...you have mites._* It's not a question of "if" it is a question of "how many"
Stopping the Varroa Destructor is one of the most critical steps to building a strong honeybee colonies. There are many different opinions in the beekeeping community surrounding control of the pest "varroa destructor"
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At @BohemiaBees we practice a series of IPM (integrated pest management) techniques to help combat these pests in our colonies. Maintaining strong colonies through diversified genetics, the use of screen bottom boards and brood breaks helps control the mite loads in our colonies. However , if you don't know what your mite loads are, you can't effectively control the volume.

This is why we recommend a good *test program* along with a *treatment plan* or *planto control*. In this video we are demonstrating how we treat our colonies using the oxalic acid ('OA') vaporizer technique. There are many ways to treat for mites but we have found a combination or rotation of treatments coupled with great IPM techniques are the best approach.

*Stop 🛑 the Varroa Destructor : PART 1 | Beekeeping 101*

*TOOLS WE USE*
*Lorob Bees "Macro" Oxalic Acid Vaporizer *

*Lorob Bees InstantVap 18V*

*Great book on managing Varroa Mites in your apiary*
Varroa management: a practical guide on how to manage Varroa mites in honey bee colonies

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*VIDEO CHAPTERS*
0:00 Intro
0:08 Time to treat for varroa destructor
0:40 Impacts of varroa mites in your colonies
2:26 Testing to understand your mite volumes
2:58 Treating your colony for mites
5:35 The tools needed for treating with OA
6:49 Lorob Bees "Macro" Oxalic Acid Vaporizer
8:45 How to use the Lorob Bees "Macro" Oxalic Acid Vaporizer
14:22 Treating the colonies
14:46 How long did it take us to treat
15:24 How often should you treat
17:02 wrapping up
17:47 Outtro

_Videos are produced, edited, and published by Jason Crook, Owner & Operator of Bohemia Apiary. Jason is a University of Montana Master Certified Beekeeper, who has been keeping bees for almost a decade and enjoys sharing his experiences with the craft of beekeeping. Remember beekeeping is local, our videos outline are what works for us and are not intended to be a prescription for your bee colonies or how to operate your apiary. Although these concepts are generally endorsed by many beekeepers you have to listen, watch, and learn from your bees as well as other resources in the craft of beekeeping._

*_"Beekeeping is more than a hobby, it's an obsession"*_ - J.Crook

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[LorobBees]

Another great video as always! Extremely informational.

[DooleyBFR]

Great Video brother! God Bless youall and your Bees!!!

[TennesseeMountainBees]

Awesome video, Jason! Very informative!

[SortOfaBeekeeper]

Thank you for another Very informative video! I bought the front entrance loribbees vaporizer and I'm so impressed with it.

[deerejohn]

I like your videos could I buy one of the giant plastic varroa mites for our bee club, from Bedford Indiana.

[WildwoodsBeekeeping]

Great Video Jason, great method and hope it works, you should do a video when you test and see if it worked! Thanks for sharing and god bless!

[daisyshoney]

Is Api-Bioal with the supplental labelling the only OA labeled to use with honey supers on?

[dcsblessedbees]

Blasting mites is one of my favorite things to do, 😘killing those little bastards for my girls. Ty Jason for sharing your time and knowledge, Blessed Days...

[drippingcombbeecompany]

Ok I had to edit my comment, Jason. After watching a second time, I see you done 1/2 teaspoon of OA, not 1gram .. Lorob bees for the win !

[jonniebl]

I only have six so I can spend time to fight varroa. I use a heat treatment, raise the temperature in the box to 106 degrees to kill the mites in the brood, followed up two days later with an OA treatment. The heat treatment takes as much as 3 hours per hive to complete but it works well. Its like having a brood break with OA treatment.

[BrianCooper]

1 Teaspoon = ~5.6 grams of OA. Your boxes look very nice! Did you ever do any updates on the hive that looked like it had a truck bed liner on it? Thanks for sharing! Congrats officially on 10k!

[attilaszikonya]

oxal acid max 240/260 celsius if u have more ant acid no