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Offline rober

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mite counts
« on: January 17, 2017, 01:43:34 am »
I mentioned that i had lost 2 nucs & 2 single deep hives awhile back. I sent the corpses to the usda lab. the 2 nucs & a single deep all with solid bottom boards had 25, 18, & 15 mites per 100. the single deep with a scb had 2 mites per 100. not exactly a clinical study but interesting nonetheless. I treated most hives last august but not the nuc. I guess i'm going to have to get more aggressive with my mite treatments.
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Re: mite counts
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2017, 06:34:14 am »
Smart move to send them in, nothing like knowing for sure what's going on. :yes:
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Re: mite counts
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2017, 06:38:22 am »
I'm getting ready to make some nuc boxes from your plans. Based on this info, I suppose some sbb for them are in order.
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2017, 09:06:58 am »
especially when the testing is FREE!! they test for tracheal & varrora mites & nosema. & as I  said this is hardly a scientific test. over the last few years I've not noticed any significant differences between standard & sbb. this has me wondering though..
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2017, 09:08:53 am »
The only advantage to SBB I found was ease of doing mite counts, other than that I have cycled almost all of them out for Solid bottoms.
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Re: mite counts
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2017, 10:12:08 am »
Hi all... long time no nothing.

Wow, Barry that mite count is scary. I just finished treating all my hives one time with OAV.
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Re: mite counts
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2017, 09:19:32 pm »
Treated in October and did a mite test on a warm day last week. To my surprise it was high enough that I did a treatment that day. I have read you can be in good shape but drifting bees can speed up a new infestation.
Test often, sleep better.
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Re: mite counts
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2017, 08:59:21 pm »
Drifting can spread mites.  My main shipment of bees to California this year are all by themselves with no other hives within flight distance.  The smaller load is in a holding yard that has 50,000 hives :o :o :o  I treated them all for mites last week and my mite counts are very very low but I'll be curious to see how the mite loads compare between locations when I get them back this spring.
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