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Resistant varroa disaster.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 3433" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>A few months ago 2 of my sites that are less than a km apart went red on the (then) Apiweb. Then 7 or so weeks ago when I took the honey and AFB checked at those sites there was one hive in each apiary with AFB.</p><p></p><p>They were burned, the rest were given bayvarol and wintered down.</p><p></p><p>Today I went and checked both those sites again, purely to ensure that AFB had not shown in any of the other hives. It hadn't (phew)!</p><p></p><p>But what I did see was a crapload of mites and mite damage, just in some of the hives. This after 7 weeks bayvarol.</p><p></p><p>I am torn. Could be bayvarol failed. But, there is AFB in the area and likely a shonky unknown beekeeper who allowed an AFB deadout to get robbed, thus infecting mine and whoever else it was who reported it. So the other possibility is there is a shonky beekeeper in the area who has mite infested hives currently being robbed by my bees and causing re invasion.</p><p></p><p>I don't know which so not jumping to any conclusions at this time.</p><p></p><p>I have not yet been back to check any other sites since they had strips put in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 3433, member: 13"] A few months ago 2 of my sites that are less than a km apart went red on the (then) Apiweb. Then 7 or so weeks ago when I took the honey and AFB checked at those sites there was one hive in each apiary with AFB. They were burned, the rest were given bayvarol and wintered down. Today I went and checked both those sites again, purely to ensure that AFB had not shown in any of the other hives. It hadn't (phew)! But what I did see was a crapload of mites and mite damage, just in some of the hives. This after 7 weeks bayvarol. I am torn. Could be bayvarol failed. But, there is AFB in the area and likely a shonky unknown beekeeper who allowed an AFB deadout to get robbed, thus infecting mine and whoever else it was who reported it. So the other possibility is there is a shonky beekeeper in the area who has mite infested hives currently being robbed by my bees and causing re invasion. I don't know which so not jumping to any conclusions at this time. I have not yet been back to check any other sites since they had strips put in. [/QUOTE]
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