G4WIL
New Bee
I've been fighting Varroa since 1996 ?
I seem to manage to keep their numbers down .
I used to use bayvoral , thymol , in autumn .
Bayvoral became ineffective around these parts so dribbled OA . Either side of Christmas!
Now I vape once when little or no brood in the hives .
Himalayan Balsam keeps my colonies going through up to and after Ivy is in flower ., making my harvest late September early October .
The balsam is responsible for my hives going into Winter full of young bees .
Vaping 3 times doesn't fit my management .
I know it doesn't kill brood ,neither does it kill Varroa in that brood , so I simply wait until a period of minimum brooding !
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I seem to manage to keep their numbers down .
I used to use bayvoral , thymol , in autumn .
Bayvoral became ineffective around these parts so dribbled OA . Either side of Christmas!
Now I vape once when little or no brood in the hives .
Himalayan Balsam keeps my colonies going through up to and after Ivy is in flower ., making my harvest late September early October .
The balsam is responsible for my hives going into Winter full of young bees .
Vaping 3 times doesn't fit my management .
I know it doesn't kill brood ,neither does it kill Varroa in that brood , so I simply wait until a period of minimum brooding !
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