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Well, I found a queenless hive myself today, gave them a frame of eggs. Ya know it is much easier to fix a queenless hive in the spring cuz you don't have to move all the full supers!!
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True but this is a good time of year to break the brood cycle and thin out the mites assuming they can build enough to make winter. My queenless hive is FULL of bees just no queen, no eggs, no small larvae.You could buy a queen and have her laying in a week. You would have a quicker build up.
They all have mites???? Really???? So I'll never get rid of them? If I will not get rid of them then why treat?Not saying if you should or should not treat - that's your call - but they all have mites. You just found them today.
If you were of a mind to treat though it's generally best to do so when there's as little as possible capped brood.
Too many mites will destroy a colony. Some bees apparently have an inherent natural ability to cope with varroa.They all have mites???? Really???? So I'll never get rid of them? If I will not get rid of them then why treat?