Varroa Controller

[Red Bee]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tQ3e6Yuqxs[/ame]

 

[Hivemaker.]

An incubator vidio.

 

[Red Bee]

A varroa incubator lol

 

[Hivemaker.]

Yes,kills the mites in sealed brood,but not the brood itself.

 

[Red Bee]

Do you think its a good idea?

 

[Hivemaker.]

To labour intensive.

 

[yeogi75]

if you dont have varroa mite where do they come from flower heads ?

 

[Hivemaker.]

if you dont have varroa mite where do they come from flower heads ?

Other bees that do have them,not many places that are varroa free.

 

[yeogi75]

so do they catch them from each other on the flower heads, or do stray bees come in to my hive with them on them

 

[Hivemaker.]

so do they catch them from each other on the flower heads, or do stray bees come in to my hive with them on them

Yes they can get them from other bees if they mingle during foraging,and from robbing out other infected colonys,or from drifting bees,especially drones which cover a large area, and are allowed into most colonys at certain times of the season.

 

[newportbuzz]

wonder what the critical temp is?



wouldnt be hard to implement on a small scale. i imaging a big scale would be very hard. mabey it could be built into AS.

if it was used with the current drone culling method it could be very effective for very little disturbance. and to boot you get more drones which means your get better mated queens everybody happy.