Tag Archives: Varroa Count

Honey 1 – Inspection “Can organic Beekeeping work in this hive?”

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Removed the roof and noticed some dampness at some of the corners of the roof, will need to investigate this further. I inspected both brood boxes and it is evident that the hive is rather infested with Varroa Mites. I … Continue reading →

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All Hives Varroa Count

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Mokoroa Varroa Count Tray placed 20 Mar 2011 18:45 (0 mites) Tray Checked 23 Mar 2011 18:45 (5 mites) =5/72 (Hours) = 0.07 per hour or 5/3 (Days) = 1.67 mites per day Still a very low count, this is … Continue reading →

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Feeding and Final Sugar Shake

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Honey 1 Sugar Shake Today was the day to do the final sugar shake of Honey 1. We purchased a coffee grinder from the local hardware store. This helped us produce our own icing sugar without the cornflour that is … Continue reading →

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Honey 1 Varroa Count

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Tray placed 17 Feb 2011 18:00 (0 mites) Tray Checked 18 Feb 2011 18:00 (59 mites) =59/24 (Hours) = 2.46 per hour or 59/1 (Days) = 59.00 mites per day Checking the Mite count after the Sugar Shake over the … Continue reading →

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Honey 1 Varroa Count

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

Quick Varroa Count to see if we need to treat. Tray placed 31 Dec 2010 14:30 (0 mites) Tray Checked 1 Jan 2011 14:30 (3 mites) =3/24 (Hours) = 0.125 per hour Did notice some moths got stuck on the … Continue reading →

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Honey 1 Varroa Count

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

Quick Varroa Count to see if we need to treat. Tray placed 4 Dec 2010 08:15 (0 mites) Tray Checked 5 Dec 2010 08:15 (8 mites) =8/24 (Hours) = 0.33 per hour Yahoo , Very low we think removing the … Continue reading →

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Honey 1 Varroa Count

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Gary Fawcett

We are due to remove the Apistan strings on 27 November 2010, so time for a quick Varroa Count. Tray placed 7 Nov 2010 17:15 (0 mites) Tray Checked 8 Nov 2010 17:15 (105 mites) =105/24 (Hours) = 4.3 per … Continue reading →

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Varroa Count from Goldie

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Margaret Groot

We checked the bottom board and we discovered seven Varroa mites in Goldie, which is a very low count for this time of year but we must keep an eye on these little mites. We also need to work out … Continue reading →

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