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No worries, pity in New Zealand we don't have the varieties mentioned however can but try local varieties. | |
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Here is the link to the Paul Stamets You Tube video How Mushrooms can save our bees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAw_Zzge49c | |
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Hi, has any further testing/research been done?
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Hi Che, thanks for the link. So any further investigations/trials done since? | |
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Has anyone used, tested or researched this treatment?
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I was talking to a "traditional" bee keeper today and when I mentioned Top Bar hives and also foundationless Langstoth hives, he said you can't do that the bees will make far to much "D ... | |
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This is a new study just published
Eliash N, Singh NK, Kamer Y, Pinnelli GR, Plettner E, et al. (2014) Can We Disrupt the Sensing of Honey Bees by the Bee Parasite Varroa destructor? PLoS ONE 9(9): ... |
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Hi Rays,
yes I read your earlier post and read the links as well, very much appreciated. Because Varroa is a relatively new in New Zealand compared to some other countries, the Bee Keepers here are ... |
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Hi AugustC,
Do you let your colonies naturally swarm? My thinking which may be totally wrong, doesn't that actually load up the colony with a higher Varroa count percentage wise per number of bees ... |
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Yes, no treatment is one option, can I ask how long/longest you have kept a single hive alive treatment free? Thanks Howard. | |
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Here is video I found on treating Varroa in a Top Bar Hive using Folic Acid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvHIlYuA1IU
I thought the use of the sanitary product clever |
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Has anyone done or read any research as to whether Oxalic Acid has a detrimental effect on a queens fertility? Thanks HowieNZ | |
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Thanks Masqerade, the photos are excellent too, great looking comb. cheers HowieNZ. | |
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Thank you DocBB and rays, it is appreciated and great that as an international team we can work together for the health of the bees. I would like to think that it can be proven in many countries that ... | |
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Hi Maskerade, thanks for making the video and putting it on YouTube, yes please you would be very welcome to put the details of the process and also success or otherwise of this method of treatment wi ... | |
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Hi Rob,
yes as far as I know the hive beetle isn't here in NZ but as is the nature of the Global Market it won't be long, like you guys with Varroa ![]() |
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Yes it would be my aim to be treatment free and I certainly have no intention of using synthetic chemical treatments.
Correction: year 2000 when Varroa arrived in the North Island New Zealand. h ... |
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Hi Barbara, thanks for your reply and I hope your two hives affected recover. interesting about the swarming connection and Bee health. yes unfortunately New Zealand has Varroa since 2006 and Bee keep ... | |
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For those that do, what are your methods and type of treatment? I have googled and found plenty of info with Langstroth but not with a HTBH.
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Thanks for your reply CEEBEE, good to hear you didn't have any negative effects while using MAQS The following is a quote from a New Zealand Bee Forum by a respected member of the Forum. "To me ... | |
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Icing Sugar: Icing sugar has been trialled for use as a varroa control. The sugar is dusted between the combs of hives at a rate of 15g per hive (2 storey). The treatment is repeated 4-6 times. Icing ... | |
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The photos make it all clear how you did it using the spacer, thanks.
Regarding protective coatings, I have used raw linseed oil and beeswax melted together as per Phil's recipe, the hive is outside ... |
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Thanks Che for your reply,
Here in Dunedin it does rain on a regular basis but not for days on end. I am planning to give the hives a Warre type roof using untreated wool as absorb excess condensatio ... |
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Keeping in mind I have no practical beekeeping experience yet!
What are your current recommendations as to where to place the entrance holes? Reading older posts and Phils plans there is a seems to ... |
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Good, hoping it works well for the bees and you, a photo or two would be good ![]() HowieNZ |
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I don't have any personal experience but have thought through the process. 1: you will need to make a new set of top bars (bee space) where the super is placed. 2: you will need to make a new roof for ... | |
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