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2023 curious how everyone is doing with varroa
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<blockquote data-quote="shroomie" data-source="post: 12460" data-attributes="member: 708"><p>Hi! Just wondering how people are getting on with varroa this autumn about to head into winter..??</p><p>by now I try not to open the hives unless necessary..just topping up with frames of honey for winter. But I have noticed some dwv outside some hives..one more than others..but still others have some.. apivar strips have now been in 6 weeks ..and I did a knock down treatment of formic acid 7 days b4 that went in.. so today I looked inside the hive with most dwv outside the hive..also some otherwise healthy looking bees in grass outside that look to b sign of varroa issues..</p><p>Inside the hive..the hive generally looks good..good amount of nice healthy bees..brood looks ok..but! There is the odd cell that the brood one here or there..not many but they are there where the brood has died from my guess varroa and I opened a couple of capped cells and found mites on the almost ready to emerge bees.. I'm not sure if I should b waiting and letting the apivar run its full 8 week course before considering alternatives?? Is only 2 more weeks..I feel like there shouldn't b that many mites after 6 weeks of treatment has already passed.?? Will try inspect couple more hives 2mro to see if they are similar, better or worse...but can't take long as robbing is high risk.. im just wondering others experience, opinions and advice. thanks team 😊</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shroomie, post: 12460, member: 708"] Hi! Just wondering how people are getting on with varroa this autumn about to head into winter..?? by now I try not to open the hives unless necessary..just topping up with frames of honey for winter. But I have noticed some dwv outside some hives..one more than others..but still others have some.. apivar strips have now been in 6 weeks ..and I did a knock down treatment of formic acid 7 days b4 that went in.. so today I looked inside the hive with most dwv outside the hive..also some otherwise healthy looking bees in grass outside that look to b sign of varroa issues.. Inside the hive..the hive generally looks good..good amount of nice healthy bees..brood looks ok..but! There is the odd cell that the brood one here or there..not many but they are there where the brood has died from my guess varroa and I opened a couple of capped cells and found mites on the almost ready to emerge bees.. I'm not sure if I should b waiting and letting the apivar run its full 8 week course before considering alternatives?? Is only 2 more weeks..I feel like there shouldn't b that many mites after 6 weeks of treatment has already passed.?? Will try inspect couple more hives 2mro to see if they are similar, better or worse...but can't take long as robbing is high risk.. im just wondering others experience, opinions and advice. thanks team 😊 [/QUOTE]
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