New way to help honey bees to fight Varroa mites

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"New way to help honey bees to fight varroa mites" is a video about new tool scientists developed to help beekeepers to select hygienic bees that can sense varroa mite infestation better. It is a very interesting scientific approach and I think you will enjoy the video.
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[InsideTheHiveTV]

I forgot to leave the link to the article. here we go.

[aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Love your approach towards discussing these issues. Science, time, discussions and open minds 👍

[neesqueendom]

I've come to find that feral bee swarms are already varroa resistant, if you live in a rural area and can catch early spring swarms that have branched off from wild feral hives meaning hives untouched by humans living entirely on thier own for years, they are way more hygienic, diligent at the entrance and create many swarm cells in early spring yet they remain docile unless threatened I believe that thier they key to survival of the domesticated honeybee

[MaxOakland]

I'm glad you explained what science is and how it works

[adiluk]

The study is, of course, interesting and enriches our knowledge about the life of bees and their parasites. But the method, in my opinion, still leaves a place for the tick to live in the nest of bees. We can press time and pass in a few years what insects go through evolutionary for thousands, but as observations show, parasites love their hosts and do not part with them so easily.
Most likely, the ability to separate Varroa mites and bees will appear in third generation apiaries. In this connection, I would like to ask a question to Dr. Wagoner: "Does the Varroa mite have a specific odor by which it could be identified?" If you have the opportunity to ask such a question as the presenter (participant) of the conference, then I will be grateful to you. I cannot do it myself due to the language barrier. Best wishes and greetings from St. Petersburg!

[ABCStoreone]

UV light tunnel at the entrance is very effective as well. Although it only deals with foragers, overall mite level drops significantly.

[aliseyed]

I thought the title was " New way to help honey bees to fight V.mites", I was expecting that someone show us one new way of Hygienic behavior to fight Varroa mites . For example to make bees do Autogrooming or Allogrooming. Even though these two methods are not answering the need to fight against Varroa mites, Purdue University came up with another stock which is Ankle biter. I think this type of stock will answer to some extend against varroa mites.
The method that it was shown in this video to evaluate the hygienic behavior by chemical compound spray is very unique and better than liquid nitrogen method. In liquid Nitrogen method, we should wait 24 hours in order to count the number of broods which were removed from freezing area.
Nice video

[chot]

I'm going to try planting thyme in front of my hive in the spring. Saw somewhere to use a mixture of thyme oil and coconut oil on cheesecloth also.

[toddcooper]

I like your explanation of science. It’s a forever exercise in searching for the truth.

[ontario_backwoods_beekeeping]

Sorry to say but Ontario Canada has been breeding hygienic bees for over 10 years now. This is not new just most countries are not doing it.

[verastrogolova]

Thank you Humberto, it is so important to understand what science is and how science works. I hope everyone gets it!

[garyfriend]

Very well received Dr. H. Science not politicized is just as you explain. A stepped approach to finding a solution to the issue. I believe the ultimate overcoming of Verro will be developed and administered by the bees. As long as we learn to set the conditions in their favor. I have a hunch that uninsulated over ventilated hives are contributing to the problem. Just on overventilation itself the communication and smell system is adversely effected by abnormal and increased air transfer of the hive. Making the detection mechanism more difficult. Even the levels of wanted carbon dioxide by the bees is hampered. Just a thought for consideration. I do appreciate your quest for proven long term solutions.

[lynjenkins]

I appreciate all the work you and other scientists are doing. As a treatment free beekeeper, your studies are extremely important to me. Were you at the bee summit in Tsukuba, Japan at the end of 2019? It looked like one of your shots in this video was from there. I was there that year. It was a great fellowship of scientists and beekeepers like me.

[bobbyjorogers]

Paul Staments resource on bees finds that mushroom are a key factor in gut heath mycelium is the key to heathy bees .

[williamsummers]

The varroa mite is easily dealt with by hive design. If you keep your bees in thin walled hives with all the environmental integrity of a cardboard box the varroa mite will thrive. Change that and the mite will fade away.
It is well known that the varroa mite does not do well in a humid environment. (The precise mechanism is not known to me). If you put the bee entrance at the top of the brood chamber immediately below the queen excluder a VIBEZ (Ventilated Integrated Bee Entry Zone) is formed and this will serve to make the brood chamber a humid bucket.
The only hive type that has this top entry and ventilation is the ZEST hive.
If the pupation time of the bees can be reduced this will reduce the time available for the varroa mites to mature in the brood resulting in the exponential collapse of the varroa population.
Individual pupa temperature varies over time of day and brood position.
Above 37C. the pupa die. Below 29C. the pupa die.
At 35C. it takes 10-11 days to hatch. At 31C. it takes it takes 14-15 days to hatch.
35C. is ideal. Winter time is varroa breeding heaven.
Ideally the colony external enclosure will be of an insulated material that also has a thermal weight that carries the heat of the day into the cool of the night and the cool of the night back into the heat of the day. Aerated concrete blocks are ideal having a 39 times better R value than a thin walled hive and 19 times that of a polyhive.
The ZEST DIY hive is functionally free of varroa together with the maladies and morbidities that it carries. It enables in honeybees diseases such as Nosema, Acarine and DWV. EFB and EFB have never been reported, but that may be because it is relatively rare.
As a proof of concept you can adopt these hive design management techniques to see for yourself the truth of them.

[zhiv]

It is too narrow to only approach hygienic behaviour from the perspective of varroa. Hygienic behaviour is also a good defender against AFB, chalkbrood, sacbrood, etc

[alexandrelapiculteur]

Question to beekeepers: did someone make a link between the age of a queen and the mite resistance? I mean, a young queen is she more resistant to mite than an old one?

[MotionArtistD]

How about controlling/eliminating Varroa through (sound) frequency? This would be a very interesting research project.

[mgillee]

Some wild hives are more resistant due to more agressive cleaning, but wild hives tend to not yield as much. We use tea tree oil in food grade petrolium jellie and wiped thin layer on plastic sheet snd slid in enterance, or mixed into canola oil as a spray when the hive is open (light sprits).

[dianetaylor]

Love the info. Love your accent. Looking forward to follow up info tonight...
even if it will be a couple days late to the party for me.