After many years away I came back to beekeeping this year, took in a swarm beginning of June. They have been doing really well, filled one super and are still collecting on warm days, (live in the south east).
Have been making weekly inspections and treated them every week with icing sugar up to middle of august, (went away for 2 weeks).
Owing to the colder weather have left them alone for 2 weeks.
Put the board under the mesh for 24 hours to measure varroa and where usually I've seen one or two brown coloured mites, this morning when I checked the board, the area which is underneath the 2 front brood frames was full of what look like young mites, (they were transparent, so young looking and about 50 of them).
I'm worried the queen is laying her winter brood now and these important bees are becoming infested.
Please advise as to what treatment I should give now to prevent a mass infestation just as they are coming into autumn.
Have been making weekly inspections and treated them every week with icing sugar up to middle of august, (went away for 2 weeks).
Owing to the colder weather have left them alone for 2 weeks.
Put the board under the mesh for 24 hours to measure varroa and where usually I've seen one or two brown coloured mites, this morning when I checked the board, the area which is underneath the 2 front brood frames was full of what look like young mites, (they were transparent, so young looking and about 50 of them).
I'm worried the queen is laying her winter brood now and these important bees are becoming infested.
Please advise as to what treatment I should give now to prevent a mass infestation just as they are coming into autumn.
