🔵BIG mite hive update!

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[donnayarber]

Thanks so much for taking time and doing a follow up video on this hive. Not only has the journey been informative, but is very encouraging, especially from a hobbiest stand point. It is videos like this that just add to the many other reasons I highly recommend your channel to new hobbiest keepers. ❤🐝

[petermurphy]

Well done saving a lot of those bees from the dreaded mites it’s looking from what you explained and what I could see doing ok time to put them in a bigger box and watch them grow, thank you for sharing your experiences with us, stay safe in these uncertain times and god bless my friend.

[mccombeesapiaries]

So after replacing the queen, the box, some of the frames, the original sick bees, feeding and treating multiple times this completely new colony is starting to prosper. I really appreciate you doing this experiment. One of the results it shows is that sometimes the best course of action is to shake out the bees and start over.

[runningdogapiary]

I love your simple and thorough approach. I also appreciate your sharing.

[wrfarms]

When you get this nuc strong enough to move to a 10 frame deep, treat it with that Mighty Mite Killer. I think you'll be VERY impressed with the results in about 3 weeks. It's warm enough to treat single deep boxes now. We have had a few days in the 80's recently which is warm enough to treat a double deep. Nice job salvaging that swarm and getting them through the Winter. 👍

[donbearden]

This is my 3rd year with bees and I saw my first and second mite ever last week on the same bee which was a drone.

[hyfy-trjy]

Kamon... as a biologist I agree with you that bees will never become resistant to varoa....its like saying a gazelle becomes resistant to a cheetah. They just coexist and it becomes an arms race as to who has the upper hand

[beemanit]

Thanks Kamon!! Found that in Italy they use Scalvini little cage to help the colony go broodless while keeping the queen healthy. I might try it.

[jpthedelawarebeeman]

I picked up the hive tool you're using and I like it. I still will use my jhook too :) Thanks for the videos Kamon

[DStewart]

Thanks for the update. Just finished 1st round of OA on all colonies. Unfortunately I didn't do a pre treatment alcohol wash but based on examining 30 capped drones, I do have a big mite load.

[researcherAmateur]

Resistent bees, yes shore 🤔😂😂😂😂.
When you have brood, in the 3, 4 days betvin the oav lot of varroa gets from just ancapt brood(hatching) to brood about to be capt...and you don't doo much good.
We doo a brood breke in the summer. Then it works beautiful.
It's a wery good year here. Just ecstracted last year honey and some from february to cline the hives for the spring crop. The nunbers are big, i love it...can see 2 monts in front. Not much splitting, everything on honey this year. We did not feed them noting, just open som old honey fremes. Love this year. My pore spine is done.

[donegal]

Really enjoying all your videos. Really interested in your comments about how you dealt with the high mite infestation 👍👍

[jonclemons]

Good job on the hive save.
What you said about the swarms leaving and not taking as many of the mites with them. Agreed. But aren't they still carrying the diseases into the new hive they establish? Rookie question😀

[paulawaldrep]

Kamon, go ahead and said Catching if you want! I love chickens and it sure doesn't bother me a bit! :)

[baraktzfanya]

Try Tee Tree Oil in feeds like Suger Water 1/1, 30 drops for a Gallon..

[JackShoulder]

Hey Kamon, hope you and the fam are doing well. Can you do a review on those queen mating nucs, in the back of shot, on the shelf behind you. They are on sale in the UK from our Mann Lake supplier for half price and I want to know how you got on with them. Am going to be making 20-50 queens this year so need a slick system for getting them mated. Your opinion would be great.

[bigsmile]

So what is your number one step you took that made this hive improve so much? Some very good info. Helps. Us new beekeepers so much. I just installed 4 packages yesterday. In southwest Texas.

[philipgildea]

Kamon, have you ever caged a Queen for two weeks to cause a brood break also breaking the mite cycle?

[docash]

Hey man. Love your channel. I am a hobby beekeeper trying to get enough colonies so they start paying for themselves!


There is a lot of information out there about the mites. There is one bit of information that I have never heard or seen. That is: Where does the varroa mite occur in nature? If I'm walking through the woods one day and I turn over a rock will I find varroa mites?


Seems to me to defeat the mite we have to find out where they occur and where they live in nature.


Do you have any insight on this? Thanks.

[jasoncopin]

I have come to the same conclusion. The act of domestication makes the bees vulnerable to mites. Allowing the bees to swarm more often could decrease revenue from honey production. I think the aim should be to make sure we have a wild bee population that we catch in the spring to ensure bee reproduction and just deal with the mites so we can get a lot of honey.