What’s going on here then!

[BBC]

Can anyone tell me what these two are up to please?
They were doing this for several minutes. In the end I left them to it…

 

[MillMeadow]

It looks like a dog is going for a walk and a cat is following him.

 

[Newbeeneil]

Can anyone tell me what these two are up to please?
They were doing this for several minutes. In the end I left them to it…

If you look closely the inactive one has DWV

 

[BBC]

Can anyone tell me what these two are up to please?
They were doing this for several minutes. In the end I left them to it…

If you look closely the inactive one has DWV

Varroa treatment immediately then?

 

[ericbeaumont]

Attachment won't play.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Attachment won't play.

same here

 

[BBC]

Ok, it seems fine my end. Try this one.
View attachment IMG_6642.MOV

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

nope

 

[BBC]

No idea why it’s happening. Sorry, exhausted my IT skills I’m afraid.
Assuming DWV, is the best treatment Apiguard (which I have a supply of)?

 

[Antipodes]

Video plays fine down here

It seems the bee with the deformed wing is also a different colour to most of the others, although a very dark one files in at 22 secs. A bit shiny on the abdomen too?

 

[ericbeaumont]

Ok, it seems fine my end. Try this one.
View attachment 33381

Audio worked but no pics.

 

[ericbeaumont]

Assuming DWV, is the best treatment Apiguard

Yes, if the honey is off get the treatment on.

It's common to see varroa-related disease at this time of year, because although the colony is beginning to reduce, varroa is not.

 

[BBC]

Yes, if the honey is off get the treatment on.

It's common to see varroa-related disease at this time of year, because although the colony is beginning to reduce, varroa is not.

Thanks all, not seen mite all season

 

[ericbeaumont]

not seen mite all season

You won't, but have faith, they're there.

Colony will be in real trouble if you get to the stage where you see varroa scuttling about on top bars.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Thanks all, not seen mite all season

If you see mites the bees are in trouble

 

[BBC]

Thanks again. I’m all over it.

 

[BBC]

OK, so I went and spent a while with my bees earlier and observed.
I saw several pairs at the entrance doing exactly the same as last night. However, they all seemed very healthy and either flew in prior to or flew off post fiddling around with each other.
I’m going to treat on Saturday anyway, but no longer convinced they have DWV.
Saying that my two other hives showed no signs at all of similar actions.
Images tonight rather than video

 

[Newbeeneil]

Did anyone else get the video to play? I'm beginning to doubt myself now!

 

[ApiarIAN]

Did anyone else get the video to play? I'm beginning to doubt myself now!

Original one played fine for me - note it's a 43MB file so may take a little while to load depending on your broadband speed

 

[ApiarIAN]

I'm going to add that there's defintely something amiss with the left sided wings on the one being pushed around in the first video - particularly the smaller hind wing