wilderness
House Bee
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2008
- Messages
- 413
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- South Oxfordshire
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 4 + 1 nucs
I wanted to increase the chances that my virgins mated with drones from a colony that is really nice to handle, so allowed several brood cycles of drones to be reared in it.
The first pack of Apiguard in this colony killed thousands of varroa with a similar amount with the second pack. I've got a fair number of bees with DWV and there are still varroa mites running around so 3rd pack of Apiguard went on yesterday.
How do you raise a large number of drones from a single colony but keep your varroa numbers down?
The first pack of Apiguard in this colony killed thousands of varroa with a similar amount with the second pack. I've got a fair number of bees with DWV and there are still varroa mites running around so 3rd pack of Apiguard went on yesterday.
How do you raise a large number of drones from a single colony but keep your varroa numbers down?