nikca
House Bee
- Joined
- May 27, 2011
- Messages
- 123
- Reaction score
- 6
- Location
- Dordogne
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3 increasing
Time for the weekly Varroa count - and I did Troll counting. One, Two, Many... Lots! Around 1000 I reckon. Since week 1 was 400 and week 2 was 600 I was rather hoping for less this week 
I took a picture of the lil buggers since I had the camera out anyway
As part of my "detailed" count I noticed (between many and lots I think) 4 dead wax moths.
Then in the middle of the huge pile of dead Varroa was a live(ish) wax moth larva. Here it is:
Even though I didn't want to open up mid Apiguard treatment, this worried me enough to have a look. (17 degrees and sunny for a while at least) Interestingly there was still BIAS from todays eggs onwards, as well as a reasonable top 1/3 of the other frames with capped honey (14x12 so similar to a super frame). NO evidence of moth at all (just like last inspection 3 weeks ago pre-treatment).
Ah well - all is well since the Varroa have taken a pasting and I guess I'll be feeding from next week...
I took a picture of the lil buggers since I had the camera out anyway
As part of my "detailed" count I noticed (between many and lots I think) 4 dead wax moths.
Then in the middle of the huge pile of dead Varroa was a live(ish) wax moth larva. Here it is:Even though I didn't want to open up mid Apiguard treatment, this worried me enough to have a look. (17 degrees and sunny for a while at least) Interestingly there was still BIAS from todays eggs onwards, as well as a reasonable top 1/3 of the other frames with capped honey (14x12 so similar to a super frame). NO evidence of moth at all (just like last inspection 3 weeks ago pre-treatment).
Ah well - all is well since the Varroa have taken a pasting and I guess I'll be feeding from next week...
