Thimbles
New Bee
- Joined
- Sep 19, 2016
- Messages
- 5
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Suffolk
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
I treated both my (National) hives with Api-Bioxal this winter just gone - this year, it came as a powder I had to make up myself into a sugar syrup solution.
I think it caused pretty massive mortality in my bees - in fact, I think I almost lost one hive to cold and mould, with a load of dead bees cluttering up the floor when I opened in spring.
Does anyone have any comments on that?
I use the ApiLifeVar wafers in autumn and a homeopathic mist and was aiming for an 'integrated' approach to varroa. But it feels like the Api-Bioxal might kill the mites but it also creates havoc among the poor old bees - especially since I am opening the hive in the cold and wetting them down with cold water.
Can I take the Api-Bioxal out of my 'integrated' approach?
I think it caused pretty massive mortality in my bees - in fact, I think I almost lost one hive to cold and mould, with a load of dead bees cluttering up the floor when I opened in spring.
Does anyone have any comments on that?
I use the ApiLifeVar wafers in autumn and a homeopathic mist and was aiming for an 'integrated' approach to varroa. But it feels like the Api-Bioxal might kill the mites but it also creates havoc among the poor old bees - especially since I am opening the hive in the cold and wetting them down with cold water.
Can I take the Api-Bioxal out of my 'integrated' approach?