HOW and WHY to test for MITES in your beehive

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In this video, I explore the benefits of Integrated Pest Management, and show you the most effective way that you can test for mites in your hive so that you can better prevent your varroa mite populations from growing out of control in your beehive.

Join me on my adventure of beekeeping, as I climb the learning curve and do my best to treat these bees right.

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Bees were acquired from Woodland Bee Co. These are Italian bees. They came with the pollen patty included.

All bee gear I used:

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[JeanLaValley]

I really enjoy your videos. I'm learning alot and this was a great explanation of the mite check.

[SwitchThePlayer]

I would never do this, but i enjoy watching you do it and all the great inforamation you give. New subbie here😊

[nasserhaddar]

Thank you for your information,
I just want to add one point to make beter results, when you finshe appling the alcohol wash you need to do water wash twice on the same sample, i think you will have more accurate result.
My best wishes

[DavidWilliams-wrwb]

Do you watch Fred Dunn or Kamon Reynolds ? Those two guys are really good to get tips from, the way to bee is Fred’s platform and he has all kinds of guest interviews with entomologists and experts in the bee field and Fred responds to questions, which after 50 years you would think I’ve ran out of questions to ask as far as bees are concerned, but this is not true, I still have plenty of questions 😊

[DavidWilliams-wrwb]

Dawn dish liquid works instantly and it’s cheaper than alcohol if you are looking for ways to save money raising bees 😊