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Varroa Mite Treatment for Package Bees

Rachel Cunning — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:00:48 +0000

Varroa mites can weaken your colony and make your hive susceptible to secondary pests. Oxalic acid is one of the best ways to manage your varroa populations in your hive. Oxalic acid kills 90-99% of the phoretic mites in your beehive. To reach these levels of effectiveness, however, the colony must be broodless. Your beehive […]

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Varroa Mite Solutions

KBB Editor — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:47:29 +0000

When colony collapse disorder (CCD) hits a colony, the bees literally disappear. You open the hive, and no one is home. No dead bees. No signs of disease. Just nothingness. And its scale is shocking. Some commercial beekeepers have lost thousands of hives in the blink of an eye. The losses have been dramatic enough […]

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Treatment-Free Beekeeping and the Varroa Mite

Scott Offord — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:56:29 +0000

The Varroa mite is a Pandora’s box that humans will never be able to close. They are here to stay and they aren’t going anywhere despite all our efforts to treat them away. According to USDA’s Report on Honey Bee Health (PDF), published in 2012, the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, remains the single most detrimental […]

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Varroa Mites in the Bee Yard

Nancy Buffington — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 07:55:47 +0000

A great post by brand new Keeping Backyard Bees writer, Nancy Buffington. Read her easy steps toward eliminating this nasty pest.

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