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I know someone just killed a cbpv hive... Maybe you should consider that
Yep, sadly I’m now thinking the same
I know someone just killed a cbpv hive... Maybe you should consider that
Yep, sadly I’m now thinking the same
What would that achieve?anyone tried a tray of thymol or thymol syrup?
What would that achieve?
it. Always the risk with changing the queen that the new queen is more susceptible
, anyone tried a tray of thymol or thymol syrup?
What would that achieve?
Not sure thats why i asked the question. Thymol appears to have a few benifits for a colony and does encourage some hygenic behaviour, to be honest was rather hoping HM would comment as i would guess he chucked a few ideas/treatments about. But with a lack of anything diffinitive in the way of treatments was wondering what had been tried. I will ask next time he calls. Finsky not worried about any honey in the hive ITS NOT MINE...Only kidding they are only just into a double brood atm so its not an issue.
Yes, I've killed in the past as well, and that also was when the chronic returned; difficulty is that outbreaks are variable and unpredictable.Didn't work for me. A week later there was an inch of dead bees on the floor, tried a 2nd time with same result so culled them. There was a fair amount of defication on the frames in mine as a consequence of not flying which may well have affected the success. Now, If theyre dying in numbers I'd rather stop it dead and go straight for the petrol soaked rag option.
The majority of queens are not immune to it so it's not going to do much.
And what is wrong with changing the queen.
The shaking method.... You cannot shake viruses off from the hive and from combs and the queen's genome is still sensitive to virus.
Important is to kick off virus sensitive genes from apiary.
Guys are esger to speak about hygienic bees, but they do not want to change even ordinary queen.
Situation is the same as violated queen, angry queen or what ever "malfunction".
The majority of queens are not immune
The majority of queens are not immune to it so it's not going to do much
I have a fairly diverse lot of queens here and they're all susceptible to some degree.That cannot be true. Do your most hives have that virus? It has not been in my apiary last 20 years. And I change my queens so that I buy every year couple of mother queens from different queen breeders.
I would say that in Finland virus is very rare.
How do you know that majority is not immune, and virus is only in one hive? Who has calculated that "majority"?
So, in England it is time to start to breed bees. According your healing cure that virus is as bad as AFB.
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they're all susceptible to some degree.
First it was majoroty and now they are all. You do not take seriously what you write.
I read one research and it told that the queen may get disease as well as the workers.
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