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<blockquote data-quote="gaspard" data-source="post: 1194" data-attributes="member: 237"><p>Thanks guys.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I give a little bit of organic sugar , about 5 kg / hive / year ( it is an average number some of them are not fed at all, it is mainly the new swarms). The queens I buy, both for F0 or F1 queens are not organically certified. Because the rule book of european organic certification allow 20 % of non organic queens that you can buy each year. ( This because there is very few organic queen breeder for the moment )</p><p></p><p>For disease and pests, the N°1 problem here is varroa. Personnaly, I use a method develloped in Italy, that spread here since few years.</p><p>The principle is to put the queen in a cage for 21 days after the last honey crop, and then where there is no more brood, release the queen and put between the frames an oxalic acid/sugar solution. It is a method that consume time, but very effective. </p><p>A lot of organic beekeepers make their own oxalic acid/ glycerin strips, but there is a big controverse nowadays because the governement don't want us do to that and they want to sanctionned both the beekeepers and the associations who make the tests and research about it ( this due to the pressure of pharmaceutic firms lobbying )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gaspard, post: 1194, member: 237"] Thanks guys. Yes, I give a little bit of organic sugar , about 5 kg / hive / year ( it is an average number some of them are not fed at all, it is mainly the new swarms). The queens I buy, both for F0 or F1 queens are not organically certified. Because the rule book of european organic certification allow 20 % of non organic queens that you can buy each year. ( This because there is very few organic queen breeder for the moment ) For disease and pests, the N°1 problem here is varroa. Personnaly, I use a method develloped in Italy, that spread here since few years. The principle is to put the queen in a cage for 21 days after the last honey crop, and then where there is no more brood, release the queen and put between the frames an oxalic acid/sugar solution. It is a method that consume time, but very effective. A lot of organic beekeepers make their own oxalic acid/ glycerin strips, but there is a big controverse nowadays because the governement don't want us do to that and they want to sanctionned both the beekeepers and the associations who make the tests and research about it ( this due to the pressure of pharmaceutic firms lobbying ) [/QUOTE]
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