McNulty
New Bee
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2013
- Messages
- 48
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- Location
- southport
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 10
Hi,
During the winter of 14/15 I lost two colonies which had been badly affected the previous autumn by varroa. I have been sublimating oxalic crystals since. This winter I have been lucky enough for all my hives to emerge unscathed (8). I am however still getting quite a few bees in front of the hive each day showing the obvious sign of DWV, both worker bees and drones. During my inspections over the past week I am seeing the odd bee in the hive with DVW but nothing alarming.
My question is whether or not I am wrong in assuming DVW and varroa go completely hand in hand? Are there any methods people use to combat DWV apart from the usual varroa methods?
Cheers
During the winter of 14/15 I lost two colonies which had been badly affected the previous autumn by varroa. I have been sublimating oxalic crystals since. This winter I have been lucky enough for all my hives to emerge unscathed (8). I am however still getting quite a few bees in front of the hive each day showing the obvious sign of DWV, both worker bees and drones. During my inspections over the past week I am seeing the odd bee in the hive with DVW but nothing alarming.
My question is whether or not I am wrong in assuming DVW and varroa go completely hand in hand? Are there any methods people use to combat DWV apart from the usual varroa methods?
Cheers
