Mite Issues? - Nuc Follow Along Ep.11 - 8/7/24

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[saintjohncoleman]

Whenever I get a zero mite count I wonder whether I picked the right bees… I’d almost rather get one mite than zero! Great videos. Thanks! Got my Expo ticket! See ya in January!

[Bulldogges]

I'm so glad to see your new content. Thank you for continuing to put out these videos as I know they can take so much time out of 🐝zy lives. 🤪

[megannkids]

Thank you and Laurel for all you do!!!

[MrBigjoecincy]

Man no joke. I had to work for about 5 min the other day just trying to get a heavy deep off the brood box. It's like they glued it together.

[Drewjober]

Yer quick “mite treatment good bad ugly”video years ago is what got me started on treatments and following you. now this spring my family’s all 50 colonies overwintered

[riobarudo]

Hello mister 🐝
Thank you from Indonesian

[davidpotts]

Never do a mite test without knowing where the queen is. I made that mistake I looked and didn't see her thought I was okay. Looking at bees after wash and sure enough I washed the queen

[sharonc.]

I am down to keeping a 10 frame slatted rack at base of each hive year round with a 1/4 in. hole drilled in center back. I do not test for mites. I treat with oxalic acid vapor exclusively several times per year. This is what works easiest for me.

[CentralKyBees]

I've already done OA and then Apiguard right after the spring flow. Ive got to test a few hives tomorrow to see if I need to hit with OA. My bees are looking great right now. We are getting goldenrod blooming here in Kentucky. Probably start seeing a flow in a week or so. May need to add supers again. We've had so much rain in the past month I think it'll be a strong flow.

[hillkidmountains]

Quite comical even if you were fighting a cold. Empty supersede cells, smoker cone falling off, and wait I forgot to shake some bees for a mite wash. Would have to agree with Lauren and chuckle a laugh while watching this. Lol. Some drawn out empty frames of comb next to that 6 nucleus ones might help or bring the capped brood and some honey down into that lower deep. Then patty up since it's August going into September if you don't have a fall nectar or pollen flow coming up. I try to flip those extra long wide cells of unsealed foundation honey 180° to help even out the bee space. So long comment giving you a bad time for I too went through all of this at some point in my own apairy through the years. Try blowing some wood smoker pellets on top and in between your frames until I made a 1/8" round push in screen for the top of my tall Dadant smoker. It prevented this from happening again I have to say! Thanks for the video, enjoy many of yours knowing it all makes sense in retrospect to my years as a sideline beekeeper. 😂 🐝

[bees]

How many of the beetle traps do you put on per hive/box?

[HalfQuickFarmer]

How is the split doing?
I made splits on 6/20 and they are really slow to start growing.
By now I have very little nurse bees in the splits. I’m really thinking hard about shaking in some nurse bees so they can have a stronger brood rearing force.
I’ve had several queen issues but it does appear the queens that came back have really plumped up and matured.
Any suggestions.?
I’m in NE Oklahoma. Light pollen coming in waiting on a fall flow.

[nancylawson]

Makes me nervous to see that mite-check container over the hive! I would definitely bump it & sacrifice many more than 300 bees, including queen.

[ChanceHubbell]

Hey Kamon another great video, . I'm getting ready to do my first mite wash ever today. I have a question about your tactical gloves. I'm thinking about investing in a pair but I'm worried about the propolis build up on the fingers. Could you shed some light on how you handle excessive propolis on your tactical gloves. Thank you Sir. Have a good weekend.

[benrhargis]

Question: A year ago you put out a video saying you liked the Ceracell tester better and also you switched to dawn dish soap. Just curious, why did you go back to the easy check tester and alcohol?

[jakeoz]

Just my opinion…. Probably don’t wanna shake that mite easy check over top the hive. The lid could come off and the alcohol come down on the hive.
Not that I’ve ever done that before 😂

[BellyUpFishGarage]

So, did I miss what you are going to do with this hive, since you had no mites? No treatment? I'll be doing my first alcohol wash Wednesday.

[b.p]

I have a few colonies that are 3% and I'm wanting to treat now. All I've ever used is apiguard and OA. My temps have been in the 100s for the last few weeks and no cool down in the near future, so apiguard is out of the question and OA isnt goin to knock them down enough. What treatment would you recommend?

[kellyb]

Could that queen be from one of your Russian lines? I've noticed my Russians often have multiple queen cups, even when the queen is a rockstar like yours.

[lynnerousseau]

What are we calling a "light treatment...?" Can you provide more detail... because you said you weren't doing Formic, or Apiguard, or more expensive treatment...- So are you doing OAV?? Or what exactly... I'm ready to choose my Fall treatment- so I need ideas..- thx!