Comments on: Beginning Beekeeping : Fall Feeding and Varroa Mite Treatment http://www.gardenfork.tv/beginning-beekeeping-fall-feeding-and-varroa-mite-treatment Cooking, DIY, Gardening, Green Videos & Podcasts Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tonia Moxley http://www.gardenfork.tv/beginning-beekeeping-fall-feeding-and-varroa-mite-treatment#comment-22786 Tonia Moxley Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:59:31 +0000 http://www.gardenfork.tv/?p=959#comment-22786 Hey Eric, You've inspired me to start keeping bees in my backyard. But after checking into the price of starting up, I'm going with Kenyan Top Bar Hives with almost no intervention. I'll let you know how it goes. Another fun part, I get to build the hives! Hey Eric, You’ve inspired me to start keeping bees in my backyard. But after checking into the price of starting up, I’m going with Kenyan Top Bar Hives with almost no intervention. I’ll let you know how it goes. Another fun part, I get to build the hives!

]]> By: Eric Gunnar Rochow http://www.gardenfork.tv/beginning-beekeeping-fall-feeding-and-varroa-mite-treatment#comment-5095 Eric Gunnar Rochow Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:02:23 +0000 http://www.gardenfork.tv/?p=959#comment-5095 Thanks for the link to OJ. what O J is doing is using a screened bottom board for varroa mite control . There are many screened bottom board designs, his is interesting. ( he is also very interesting, quite a character ) But, using a screened bottom board is just <em>one</em><strong> part of a multi prong program for reducing varroa populations in your hives. Along with the screened bottom boards, I use powdered sugar on my bees, I requeen with Varroa Resistant queens from Jennifer Berry, each hive has a frame of Drone comb that we remove regularly, and use a formic acid treatment. screened bottom boards are great but are just one part of the battle, not a cure-all for varroa mites. Thanks for the link to OJ.

what O J is doing is using a screened bottom board for varroa mite control . There are many screened bottom board designs, his is interesting. ( he is also very interesting, quite a character )

But, using a screened bottom board is just one part of a multi prong program for reducing varroa populations in your hives. Along with the screened bottom boards, I use powdered sugar on my bees, I requeen with Varroa Resistant queens from Jennifer Berry, each hive has a frame of Drone comb that we remove regularly, and use a formic acid treatment.

screened bottom boards are great but are just one part of the battle, not a cure-all for varroa mites.

]]> By: Shirley - Ontario Canada http://www.gardenfork.tv/beginning-beekeeping-fall-feeding-and-varroa-mite-treatment#comment-5094 Shirley - Ontario Canada Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:59:56 +0000 http://www.gardenfork.tv/?p=959#comment-5094 Found a helpful hint on controlling mites at video by O J BLOUNT check it out seems to make a lot of sense to set it up that way!!!! http://www.youtube.com/user/ArtfullyYours#p/a/u/0/niQQfPoiEmw Found a helpful hint on controlling mites at video by O J BLOUNT

check it out seems to make a lot of sense to set it up that way!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/ArtfullyYours#p/a/u/0/niQQfPoiEmw

]]> By: Shirley Canada http://www.gardenfork.tv/beginning-beekeeping-fall-feeding-and-varroa-mite-treatment#comment-5011 Shirley Canada Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:11:36 +0000 http://www.gardenfork.tv/?p=959#comment-5011 Will you be making a video on how to use the beeswax???? Will you be making a video on how to use the beeswax????

]]> By: The Screened Bottom Board, leave open or closed in winter? | My Blog http://www.gardenfork.tv/beginning-beekeeping-fall-feeding-and-varroa-mite-treatment#comment-612 The Screened Bottom Board, leave open or closed in winter? | My Blog Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:19:06 +0000 http://www.gardenfork.tv/?p=959#comment-612 [...] Varroa mites are a big problem for bees, and with a screened bottom board, mites that fall off bees fall thru the screen and out of the hive. You can have even more mites fall thru the screened bottom board if you dust your bees with powdered sugar. – Here’s a video we did on that. [...] [...] Varroa mites are a big problem for bees, and with a screened bottom board, mites that fall off bees fall thru the screen and out of the hive. You can have even more mites fall thru the screened bottom board if you dust your bees with powdered sugar. – Here’s a video we did on that. [...]

]]> By: The Screened Bottom Board, leave open or closed in winter? | Gardenfork.tv http://www.gardenfork.tv/beginning-beekeeping-fall-feeding-and-varroa-mite-treatment#comment-451 The Screened Bottom Board, leave open or closed in winter? | Gardenfork.tv Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:55:46 +0000 http://www.gardenfork.tv/?p=959#comment-451 [...] Varroa mites are a big problem for bees, and with a screened bottom board, mites that fall off bees fall thru the screen and out of the hive. You can have even more mites fall thru the screened bottom board if you dust your bees with powdered sugar. – Here’s a video we did on that. [...] [...] Varroa mites are a big problem for bees, and with a screened bottom board, mites that fall off bees fall thru the screen and out of the hive. You can have even more mites fall thru the screened bottom board if you dust your bees with powdered sugar. – Here’s a video we did on that. [...]

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