Hello all,
I was wondering if you could post your procedure for treating varroa mites here. It doesn't have to be lengthy, just a general outline. Thanks in advance.
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Hello all,
I was wondering if you could post your procedure for treating varroa mites here. It doesn't have to be lengthy, just a general outline. Thanks in advance.
I think Mine are going to get some Hopguard soon, but I'm yet undecided. Maybe a drone frame will do the trick. Had a drone and worker with DWV today, the blue belly lizards around my hive eat well.
One of our hives is ready to get hit with powdered sugar 2 or 3 times a week for three weeks. The other hives don't seem to need any help right now.
I vaporize my hives with Oxalic Acid vapor in September after the supers are pulled, one three step treatment a year takes care of the mites in my hives.....Bill ;)
Remove the queen for a cpl weeks.....
Ditto on WWW's response to this thread..........cheap, easy & effective........
I use the Pierco drone frame method in combination with Rossman's SBB with SHB trap. The SHB and mites fall to their deaths and I pull and replace the drone frame every 3 weeks.
I'm going to try HopGuard this year....
Here's some information:
http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/thymolx1.html