Hello everyone,
I'm not sure where to post this thread.
This is my first spring with over wintered bees. One hive, two mediums almost full of bees.
I have successfully regressed them to 4.9mm. I used PF-125 to get them small and now in the process of rotating those out and replacing them with SC wax foundation. They are drawing out the wax foundation perfectly. I just did a natural drop mite check and found 30 mite over 24 hours! This seems high to me especially with all of the new foundation that they are drawing out and the queen now is laying in. Is this a high mite count? What can I do and still remain treatment/chemical free? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
I'm not sure where to post this thread.
This is my first spring with over wintered bees. One hive, two mediums almost full of bees.
I have successfully regressed them to 4.9mm. I used PF-125 to get them small and now in the process of rotating those out and replacing them with SC wax foundation. They are drawing out the wax foundation perfectly. I just did a natural drop mite check and found 30 mite over 24 hours! This seems high to me especially with all of the new foundation that they are drawing out and the queen now is laying in. Is this a high mite count? What can I do and still remain treatment/chemical free? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!