Finman
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2008
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- Location
- Finland, Helsinki
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
In new Finnish beekeeping magazine there was a warning that fumigation does not work very well in winter. Many experienced beekeepers have told that when they trickled the same hives after fumigation they got huge amount of mites. ... so accordin magazine.
The writer says, that why this happens it is not know?
I could imagine that our colonies are in tight clusters now and they do not move much during winter when temps are near zero. Bees do not get contact to acid dust. Temps have been here +3 to -8C
The writer says, that why this happens it is not know?
I could imagine that our colonies are in tight clusters now and they do not move much during winter when temps are near zero. Bees do not get contact to acid dust. Temps have been here +3 to -8C