Stedic
House Bee
Inspected today and found one colony which has failed to thrive. Saw a few bees with DWV, which I had never seen before. There were also some works who appeared to have died while emerging, which was odd.
The colony had 3 x Oxalic vapes in the autumn and one in January. Nonetheless, am I right to think this is likely to be a varroa issue?
My thoughts were to clear the supers (only partially filled), and vape them as you would do in the autumn. I guess I’ll add the supers back on after vapour settles? Alternatively I could remove the supers and give them a second brood box to work with. I just need them to have room for the flow during the treatment regime.
Alternatives would be MAQS and shook swarms? Not sure I’m keen on MAQS and I don’t know if they are strong enough to handle a shook swarm.
The colony had 3 x Oxalic vapes in the autumn and one in January. Nonetheless, am I right to think this is likely to be a varroa issue?
My thoughts were to clear the supers (only partially filled), and vape them as you would do in the autumn. I guess I’ll add the supers back on after vapour settles? Alternatively I could remove the supers and give them a second brood box to work with. I just need them to have room for the flow during the treatment regime.
Alternatives would be MAQS and shook swarms? Not sure I’m keen on MAQS and I don’t know if they are strong enough to handle a shook swarm.