Varroa tray inspection

[Ricky N]

I have just taken the inspection tray out after a week and counted 50 varroa is this considered high ?

 

[fatshark]

Is that a week with treatment or without? If the latter you've got problems ahead ... get treating as soon as possible. If the former it depends a bit what sort of treatment you used. Most mites are in capped cells, so it depends upon the amount of sealed brood that has emerged in the last week. Clean the tray, return it and see what happens over the next week.

 

[Ricky N]

Varroa inspection

No they haven’t had any treatment the last was during the Christmas period
They where vaped with API-bioxal

 

[fatshark]

Treat them promptly. Apivar is a good choice. Littlehampton is probably reasonably warm, but a month of Apiguard takes you to October and average temperatures may be below those recommended for treating. Apivar needs to be on for 6 weeks and then removed.

 

[Ricky N]

Varroa treatment

What are your thoughts on MAQS