Beekeeping | Did Formic Pro Kill My Queen & Brood?

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The strips are good to use on large hives of 10000 and more. With smaller hives or splits they can cause damage.
I prefer to evaluate mites by looking at mite boards put below the screen bottom. That way I don't have to kill bees and still get at least a good relative number

auroraglacialis
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David I enjoy watching and have learned from your videos. I have an opinion Id like to respectfully share with you on this video. Formic Pro is a good product and it does work to kill mites even under the cappings. You made kind of a big event out of the fact that it didn't kill your queen or stop her from laying.Thats great but beginners have to realize that several things are in play when treating with Formic. Number one the high temperatures were below 85° F. You get above that and you are courting disaster. The next thing is you had a strong colony. If the colony is low on numbers of bees they are unable to ventilate enough of the gasses out before it becomes lethal. Then if the colony has suffered a high mite load the bees themselves may be weak and sick from viruses and may succumb to the Formic which wouldn't hurt them if they were healthy. The beekeeper has to check each hive and treat accordingly and know all the pros and cons of whatever product he uses. In your case all was good but add something different next time and it may not be such a good ending.

woodlandharvesthoneycompanyllc
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I used OA with sugar water in a spray bottle this fall & it worked so unbelievably well, shot a Lil between the frames, after 16 hours it sent those mites for a loop!! Very inexpensive way to get rid of mites this time of year when the brood cycle is down...i was seriously more impressed than any mite treatment I've ever done

illumi-Nate
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They always pull out brood when I use mite away quick strips. The hive beetles try to take over a hive when using it in my colonies. Charlotte NC

Steele_Wings
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I've had several colonies abscond when using the 2 strip method with Formic Pro. I've since switched to the 1 strip method.

dkeithcollins
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5 hives, lost 2 queens post 2 strip treatment with strong colonies. The third hive was a fairly good colony but was robbed out by yellow jackets. They did not appear to be bothered by Formic and when the colony bearded outside the hive the jackets really moved in.

kmf
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Have you ever used CO2 as opposed to alcohol wash so the bees survive the test?

mcorne
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I have a question I can not find answered anywhere. Most everyone knows the function life cycle of summer bees in the hive, but I have been unable to find any info on the function life cycle of winter bees and how it is determined.

bigbob
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If i raked my bees like that theyd be really angry and flying around .

offshoot
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In case of small families, you can use one strip only, and repeat treatment twice. Temperatures are important as well. As matter of fact, it happened to us, one queen was found dead right after starting the treatment. 4th season for 2 queens, one was dead... Maybe age is a factor?

altecime
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Enjoy your content and it has been a huge help.

My question- With an eight frame colony with two deeps thriving, and a ten frame colony that was a package, and doing ok but not great, is it ok to take frames of bees/resources front the right frame to the ten frame in preparation for winter here in central NC? Thanks in advance.

vinceaardal
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Formic acid Will Fall Down, so Why is the plantes in the bottom magasin?

AllanGyllingOlsen
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Hey David. I'm looking for a different way to treat mites in combination with OA. I do not want to use synthetic treatments. Unfortunately I haven't had enough time to properly test all of my colonies like I should to see how the OA did. However I have noticed a good number of mites on the backs of my bees in my colonies after the treatment periods (i treated spring summer and fall), this in combination with seeing deformed wing virus and such tells me that the OA maybe didn't do a very good job. Is forming pro a more naturally derived product I can try ? Thanks!

NielsenValleyFarms
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Formic Pro has killed my queen 2 years in a row. I even used a half treatment this year and the weather during the treatment was just under the top limit for just a couple of days. Frustrating.

josephdimodica
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I couldn’t tell but are you running 2 deeps and a super into winter?

skyhighactiondrones
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Day 2 and a third of my bees are DEAD in one hive 1/2 in my strongest hive…
Two strips, low of 50 high of 78!!
Day two still bad die off so I’ve removed my strips!!!
What the heck happened?? Tomorrow I’ll go in to see if Queens survived in either of my hives…
Any suggestions

TomMiotke-mc
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Hello from ky , started beeking in Aug . Powder sugar treatment end of Aug, was wondering when should I treat with formic pro ? Healthy hive of winter physiology with a candy board ! Thanks I have learned a lot from y'alls videos !

markchoate
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David, I used Formic Pro last year with great results. I used it again this year( new order of Formic Pro) with less than desirable results. I noticed that last year when I put the pads on, the bees got really loud. This year not at all. Must be a different formula. It’s not as strong. What have you noticed?

joejackson
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I have a mixed response. In the summer I had 5 hives. Emphasis on had. I’m now down to three. Back in the fall, I used formic pro on 3 hives with plans on doing the other two the following week. However, one of my hives was wiped out completely with over and once of dead bees on the bottom board. In the 2nd I discovered the queen had died and no eggs or brood remained, but bees were present. In the third it had some dead bees but was ok. The difference maker turned out to be ventalation.
My first two hives had solid bottom boards, reduced entrances or mouse guards so bees could not get the airflow. The third hive has a screened bottom board with a plank insert tht had some cut out grooves to allow some airflow in winter. The vents helped the bees and I translated that to the last two hives and they didn’t have any issues either.
So in the future I will be allowing better ventalation. It appears that the formic pro was still very effective even on hives with fully open bottom boards (with a board laying about 6 inches below the screen). the hives just need improved ventilation.

sethshortt
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Tom will not buy you a new queen. I lost my 2 queens in less than 24 hrs of initiating formic pro. I was losing lots of bees also so i removed the formic. I will never use it again.

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