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House Bee
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2014
- Messages
- 307
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Midlands
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 7
I had 9 colonies going into winter. In September all colonies had apiguard on. In January I used a home made vapouriser on 7 of the hives (unfortunately my car battery died before I could complete the last 2 and I never got round to completing)
I have lost one of the 9, I thought due to being too small but now I am not sure. I was watching the bees this afternoon and one bee was resting on a fence post in front of the hive. I noticed she had a varroa on her back. Which got me wondering if I had a problem with varroa.
I am desperate to carry out my first inspection but the weather hasn't gone above about 12 degrees yet, so I have held off.
So what I would like to do is carry out a thorough course of varroa treatment. My method is to add a thumb nail sized mound of oxalic acid into my vapouriser and treat all hives, then repeat. Is this a satisfactory method and how often should I repeat.
Will it do any harm in any respect?
I have lost one of the 9, I thought due to being too small but now I am not sure. I was watching the bees this afternoon and one bee was resting on a fence post in front of the hive. I noticed she had a varroa on her back. Which got me wondering if I had a problem with varroa.
I am desperate to carry out my first inspection but the weather hasn't gone above about 12 degrees yet, so I have held off.
So what I would like to do is carry out a thorough course of varroa treatment. My method is to add a thumb nail sized mound of oxalic acid into my vapouriser and treat all hives, then repeat. Is this a satisfactory method and how often should I repeat.
Will it do any harm in any respect?