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Randy Oliver has the best ratios on his website.

haha my bad. Don't need to cut as much off I guess.

Hahaha I hope you like it. $1 drink days in the summer, cant beat it.

I hope this works:tinyurl.com/2unkz4mc

No, I'll have to do my research on it.

I'd actually like to try the Saskatraz line. Do you find them gentile and good honey producers?

I like Saskatraz, they are fairly gentle, good producers and winter well here in Saskatchewan I've also had good success with Kona queens

@@justyn5408 what would you say are the differences between the 2? I've also wanted to try the kona line as well

I've only had 1 Kona so far and about 20 Saskatraz, I do notice the Saskatraz winter in bigger clusters and eat more. The Kona is slightly more gentle, overall both good queens.

I got them from Munro Honey in Alvinston, ON. They are quality breeders that produce gentile bees.

Thanks, I also helps remind me what frame she's on.

Yes and they are kicking the mites butts! I'm happy with how they work.

Thanks, I know people who do exactly that. I just don't want that swarm characteristic passed along in my colonies. On the other hand it means the colony builds up quick and would probably produce a lot of honey had I taken brood out early enough. You have a good point.

Thank you!

Thank you sir. I'm glad I met you and look forward to more orders.

Unë do t'i bëj ato siç keni nevojë për to. Ju nuk dëshironi që jashtë të jetë shumë nxehtë.

Thank you!

Hi Justyn, Thanks for the comment. So I rotate through treatments from year to year. Changing it up to keep the mites on their toes. Treatments are different for every beekeeper but I've been happy with HoppGuard 2, Thymol, OAV and drone trapping.

Hey David, thanks for the comment. They worked great! I'm going to put them on as soon as the maple blossoms open. Should tackle any mites that lasted the winter.

@@robwildfieldhoney awesome, I was told by someone in my local bee group they work better for complete might control because the timing crosses the brood span and doesn’t give them a chance to successfully breed and his bees are healthier because of it and you can leave them on with supers correct? Thanks !

Hi Kajun, Thanks for commenting. What I plan to do this spring is use the pad in between the frames of the brood nest. I plan to cut the sponge into strips and string them between the frames. It's been a warm winter up till now so the bees should come out of winter strong.

I'm going to use strips in the spring to get the mite loads down as low as I can, then again in June to prep for winter bees and finally again in the fall. We as beekeepers have to work harder on fighting the mites and leave the beekeeping to the professionals THE BEES! hahaha

@@robwildfieldhoney Really enjoyed reading your reply..... Sure are the most amazing individuals. Good job I had new goatskin gloves on! They didn't appreciate me pampering them with some fondant yesterday when it was 50f because one couldn't get off the glove then when it got off there was the sting. Might have just put pressure on it cuz there was so many of them in the feeder. I try my best to be gentle with them but they don't seem to realise I love them and am in awe of them...... Ah well the profs say you are bound to get stung once in a while being a bee keeper! The compensation is the honey in July.... all being well.... if we get it right and it follows that the strips work as well as last season the bees will be bustin out all over =can't be bad!

@@michaelhall7921 When I did my first hive inspection I had no idea how to be gentle. You learn quick, that's for sure. I think that's the secret be gentle and know when to apply smoke, if there looking up at you its time to add a puff of smoke. I'm sure they appreciate the food before spring arrives. Still way to cold where I am to do that.

@@robwildfieldhoney Thanks for the info. I always keep an open mind on everything..... I see Fred Dunne & Dave Burns who met at the show lately both were saying how changeable the weather was in the USA...... Bees flying and needing pollen when there was none! been up to 62 one day here in the UK & a lot of 50 ties after Christmas. I don't think they need a lot of fondant but they are eating it slowly..... but surely. One good thing, big colony no mites smaller one has a few so first warm several days in go the strips..... my aim is to kill em all.

@@michaelhall7921 Glad to hear Michael

Thanks Alex.

oh thats strange. Let me see what the issue is.

This is an awesome technique and I've seen people use this that try to establish food plots for deers. I wanted to avoid the Round Up as I know thats not friendly to bees and didn't want to risk it. I'm going to try your suggestion of planting Lacy Phacelia it looks like a great bee friendly plant. Cheers and thanks for the comment.

roundup is poison to the bee and human ...

Worked very well. I didn't have the time to make a follow-up video. I was travelling. I followed this up with a OAV treatment in the fall to make sure my mite loads were low going into the winter. Thanks for the comment.

It's worth looking at all Randy Oliver's experiments on the strip method. He does not claim to be the first researcher either but says the Argentinian doctors of Biology experimented with the 'extended release method' 2013. Seems a lot of thinking beekeepers are finding out that the strips do work but do not know why? A professional beekeeper said it just might be the silver bullet we beekeepers have been hoping for....... No names mentioned! He seems a most delightful chap who does not tell lies. That is a godsend on You tube because not every one is like him or the makers of this great video..... We are so grateful there are good people with expertise who spend a great deal of time making these educational and entertaining videos.

@@michaelhall7921 I think the strips might work better because they hang in between the frames and the bees are in more contact with it at all times. I'm going to try that as my spring treatment and see how it works.

@@robwildfieldhoney I fully agree while I cannot prove a thing I still think a guy such as R O cannot must not be ignored. Let's not all forget the Argentinians have had great success since 2013 with their strips. Sweet success ?

I got these from Amazon. I'm in Canada and don't know if I have a Dollar tree near me. Cheers

Thanks Ian. Your videos really helped me out in the early days of beekeeping. I really appreciate the work you put behind all your videos. You keep making them and I'll keep watching them.

I'm glad you found it helpful. I found this to be the easiest treatment for me that uses OA which I find is very effective against mites.

Hey I think after a while the treatment gets used up. Also I like to give my bees a break from OA. I always do a winter treatment in the fall before I tuck my bees away for the winter.

The bees don't seem hurt by the method. In three months of continuous hammering of fresh strips each month the mites went down to zero. I bought a new nuc which had a bad infestation last June. The chap said he uses no chemicals in his honey production. I I were him I would be ashamed of selling bees absolutely lathered in mites. 30 mite drop the next day after transporting them. 300 a week later. I just love torturing mites with acid. I don't think I'll be seeing that beekeeper again but I do have 1300 mites in IPA to give him to show the O. acid strips work. The hive exploded with bees after the 3 month strips! Incidentally but importantly, R O says he thinks the method interferes adversely with the mites breeding program? ?????? acid on the genitals??????

It's a well built unit! Keep up the great work.

I'd reach out to John, he may be able to sell you some. Good Luck!

Paul is an amazing resource and a wonderful beekeeper. Thanks for watching. Cheers.

It make such a difference! Clean up is so easy after your done.

Thank you so much, hope yo enjoyed the video. I'm lucky to have her.

Thank you for the comment. I hope you enjoy my videos.

Do it Leanne, it was super intimidating to me at first but not so bad when your doing it for the first time. A steep learning curve ill admit but you'll get the swing of things quickly. Good luck.

Good question. Not the wax but when they are in robbing mode they damage the wax honey comb. On the other hand they do a great job at cleaning them of honey.

Keep at it, it's such a rewarding hobby. So what I did this year is left my honey supers outside after extracting and let the bees rob it out. They did a great job at cleaning all the wax off the comb. Mice will get into it usually if there is honey or pollen left in the frame. You can take the time to harvest the wax and sell it but I only do that with the wax cappings. I like to put drawn honey supers back on the colonies, it helps them make honey faster when they don't have to draw new comb.

thjesht përdorni pjesë të barabarta sipas peshës. pra 50G acid dhe 50G glicerinë. Kam përdorur Google Translate, shpresoj ta kuptoni.

What you see here is the Oxalic acid and glycerine method.

Thankfully I don't have them in my area yet! I say yet because they are now in southern Ontario. Cheers.

Great question. This is what I use for an upper entrance. In the winter it helps vent out any moisture in the hive. It works for me, I learned it from other beekeepers in my area. Our winters are cold with a lot of snow. Cheers.

I would, the idea is to get them to walk all over it and spread it through the hive. I overwinter my colonies outside so in November when there is no brood I'll use either an OV dribble of OAV to get rid of the rest of the mites. Good luck.

It should be everyones!

@@robwildfieldhoney also need an update on this flower patch

@@samiam7 let me see what I could do.

Hang in there, it takes time to nail down what mite treatment works best for you. In my experience Formic is a little tricky to use in the fall. It messes with the queen and in the fall you cannot afford to loose any queens. Check out my other video on mite treatments, oxalic vapour is a great treatment when the colony is broodless. Good Luck.

I decided to use it in this situation where I don't want to risk loosing a queen this close to winter. In the spring I'd just use the traditional method. Thanks for subscribing! Cheers.

I've heard of these treatments before. Although they work what has worked for me and other beekeepers in my area is to introduce a new queen. Ive since checked and it seems to have worked.

Thank you for the comment.

Hey Mark, I agree completely with you. I ended up making a 4 way mating nuc out of a deep brood box. I like using that much better than this. Oh well it was a good winter project.

They work well and compared to other treatments I prefer this for the price and gentleness on bees.

Thanks for watching.

God is Great indeed

Good question Hendrik. No, that's why I had to change up the queen. The colony had chalk brood. The best way to fix it is by changing the queen.