irishguy
Field Bee
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2012
- Messages
- 865
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- Location
- ireland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2 over wintered nucs
Seeing as varrora is quite common now, is there anyone here who's been lucky to avoid them in your hives. The reason why I'm asking this is that I still haven't came across it in my hives. One thing that has me worried is after chatting to my neighbour 2 months ago about beekeeping, he became really interested in them. I was pleased with this and told him I'd make him a hive for free and help source him bees. Now I'll have someone close with same interest in bees to learn of each others hives.
Now the scary part after chatting to him, he knows a guy who's going to give him a free nuc from a commercial hive( the one i gave him was a national). The nuc has been waiting on him from last week but its full of varroa! I'm wanting to know, when he brings the nuc home, am I a cert to get varroa quicker than without this nuc sitting a few acres away from my hives.
Now the scary part after chatting to him, he knows a guy who's going to give him a free nuc from a commercial hive( the one i gave him was a national). The nuc has been waiting on him from last week but its full of varroa! I'm wanting to know, when he brings the nuc home, am I a cert to get varroa quicker than without this nuc sitting a few acres away from my hives.