Beekeeping, Biology, & Other Bugs
Earlier this year, Australia recorded its first case of flumethrin-resistant mites in northern New South Wales, and this same population later tested positive to amitraz
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Backyard Beekeeping, Pests & Diseases
A strong hive was scheduled for Varroa management and we applied formic acid treatment. A rainy week followed and the bees could not leave the
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology, Pests & Diseases, Varroa Management
Hygiene is defined as the removal of dead or injured brood to defend against diseases and parasites of the colony. Varroa-Sensitive Hygiene (VSH) is the
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology, Varroa Management
This is a followup investigation to my winter hive deaths. My three colonies are no more, having absconded from severe Varroa infestation. Absconding is when
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Bees & Biology, Pests & Diseases
The South African Cape honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis is a social parasite of the African (“Savannah”) honey bee Apis mellifera scutellata. A.m. capensis workers
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Backyard Beekeeping, Pests & Diseases, Varroa Management
Several months back I wrote about flumethrin as a Varroa mite treatment. Here I report the results of an eight week of this Bayvarol treatment
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology, Pests & Diseases
Bring out your dead… Undertaker bees are middle-aged workers who specialize in adult corpse removal to prevent pathogen buildup. This behaviour is triggered by a
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology, Pests & Diseases
Your hives are already infected with Deformed Wing Virus (“DWV”). Low levels of DWV are naturally found in honey bees, and rarely (if ever) cause
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology, Pests & Diseases
European foulbrood (“EFB”) is a treatable condition as the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius does not form spores like Paenibacillus larvae, the agent of American foulbrood. To
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology, Pests & Diseases
Mummified larvae were the first sign of something wrong. My hive was only months old when it started placing little white-black bricks at the hive
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