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I'm a first year and as we're approaching fall, I thought I had better get Apiguard on my one little hive. I picked up a nuc in May and these girls have been thriving, so I want to give them every advantage going into winter. I placed the tray on the top of the brood frames and checked 7 days...

Hi there— I’m a second year BK in MA. I installed 2 nucs 8 days ago. Last years hive died so I gave each hive some drawn frames & 2 honey frames to help get them started. (Those frames were examined & put in the deep freeze JIC there was something wrong w last year’s crew.) I took a peek...

Hi All, I'm in MA and I'm a second-year BK. My bees did not survive the winter so I still feel like a newbie. I hived two nuks this past weekend and they have all of the drawn comb and honey supplies from last year's bees. (Hive was thoroughly cleaned out-- no signs of disease, and frames went...

I've searched and searched but have not found any answers to my question regarding doing inspections while Apiguard is in place. Should I continue to do weekly inspections while using Apiguard? I placed the first dose last Tuesday and took a peek and noticed they had removed or it had...

We have yet to treat for mites and are still learning. We are in Wisconsin. Average daytime temperatures are in the 50s right now. We just took the honey supers off (was a rather poor year here as we only got 4 full honey supers from 4 hives). I have always heard you treat for mites in the...

Like to know what type of mask to use when working with Apiguard. Although I have been working with it without a mask, I noticed that it is an irritant and would like to know if there is a mask suitable for this.

Hey guys, I'm a first year backyard beekeeper - only 1 hive for financial reasons. I received my package in mid-June, so I started pretty late in the year and I'm just doing my first mite treatment for the Fall months with Apiguard. I placed an Apiguard container on top of my brood boxes...

How effective can Apiguard be when majority of bees beard on the outside of the hive after putting it on? I understand the mode of control, with the bees carrying it through the hive, but how does it get rid of the phoretic mites on all the bees outside the hive?

Hello from Idaho I'm a 4-yr. beek, and still don't feel like I know what I'm doing most of the time! Looking forward to learning from you experienced beeks!

Hey guys - I've been trying not to treat my hives for Varroa mites but the majority of my hives should a significant increase this year and have way exceeding my threshold for treating. I'm going to use Apiguard. Do I have to add a "shim" or put an empty super on top of my brood boxes or can...

Hello! I'm a first time beekeeper in Portland, OR. Unfortunately my experience hasn't been the greatest, though I do really love my bees!! We discovered v. Mites 6 weeks ago (which, from my reading, is pretty rare to experience for the first season) and started using Apiguard (June 12) around...

Hello bee keepers, in a few years hope to be able to call myself a bee keeper. Started two hives this year all seems well, one seems a little slower. Got one nuc I started late doubt it will make it. My question is, getting ready to treat with apiguard and know I have to take honey suppers off...

Okay so I treated my bees with apiguard, but I didn't take off the winter stores. After reading a few posts I noticed it said to take off honey supers, Did I do wrong in not removing their winter stores? If I needed to remove their stores where was I supposed to put them at to keep out other...

Hi, I was wondering what your opinions on Hopguard and Apiguard are? I would also like to know why you like or do not like them. I do not want to use Apivar again for this treatment because I don't want the mites to get resistant. Nathan