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<blockquote data-quote="GeorgiaN" data-source="post: 906" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>Hi all, </p><p></p><p>I am a very new beekeeper with one hive in Auckland. I have just gone to check on the girls and have found the following situation... </p><p></p><p>My bees were treated for varroa over spring - prior to me buying them. I have today seen two bees with varroa on their backs, and I therefore suspect that there will be plenty more. I have a single brood box, and two honey supers. The second super I added only about one month ago as the girls had almost filled the first honey super, bit since then the flow seems to have slowed to a trickle. I am going away for two weeks tomorrow, and was hoping to leave the girls to fill the second super in that time (although as the flow is so slow now, I'm not sure how much they'll be able to fill), so I could then take the full top box and leave them with plenty of honey for the winter. </p><p>Although I am now wondering if I should just take 5 or so frames out of the full honey super (I have spare frames to replace them with), and start treating for varroa with bayvarol now? This will obviously forfeit 5 or so frames of honey for our consumption, but I imagine that's the better option than losing all my bees? </p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GeorgiaN, post: 906, member: 225"] Hi all, I am a very new beekeeper with one hive in Auckland. I have just gone to check on the girls and have found the following situation... My bees were treated for varroa over spring - prior to me buying them. I have today seen two bees with varroa on their backs, and I therefore suspect that there will be plenty more. I have a single brood box, and two honey supers. The second super I added only about one month ago as the girls had almost filled the first honey super, bit since then the flow seems to have slowed to a trickle. I am going away for two weeks tomorrow, and was hoping to leave the girls to fill the second super in that time (although as the flow is so slow now, I'm not sure how much they'll be able to fill), so I could then take the full top box and leave them with plenty of honey for the winter. Although I am now wondering if I should just take 5 or so frames out of the full honey super (I have spare frames to replace them with), and start treating for varroa with bayvarol now? This will obviously forfeit 5 or so frames of honey for our consumption, but I imagine that's the better option than losing all my bees? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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