Great presentation on Tropilaelaps! So they are a danger but can be well controlled by an application of Formica acid. My question is how do the mites spread from hive to hive? Is it similar to varroa? A second question is how long have they been endemic in various countries that have large populations of honey bees? Thanks
I know a thymol based treatment doesn't treat under the cappings but if the hive has a slow release method in it and the mites are exposed when they leave the capped cells it seems that it may be worth considering in your testing since it is currently an effective varroa mite treatment even if it's to rule it out as an option.
Sammy sending you an email on a meeting (lunch) I'm having with Corey Stevens (hopefully others) at the Expo this Jan. Cory and others (like Randy Oliver) are working hard at building traits to handle Varroa Destructor. Having done work on geno/pheno and trait maintenance in fish (Beta splendens) the problem with sticking these, even in a fairly closed environment is difficult and IMO impossible. I'll get into more details in the email...
hiv, aids virus was combated by not using a single medication but by using a "cocktail" which made it impossible for the virus to out-evolve or adapt to any particular single treatment. If we're going to use chemicals, we need to adopt the cocktail strategy immediately
You are correct..but.. the majority of the foods we eat are not native to the America's nore did they evolve to to those bees. Most of our foods are native to Europe and Asia and a best pollinated buy European honey bees. And these mites aren't effecting native bees like honey bees because they don't make the brood to sustain them like honey bees do. Native bees big fights are pesticides and habitat. People say honey bees out compeat native bees. But there tons of forage that natives work and honey bees simply can't. I have videos of native working right infront of my hives on plants my honey bees won't touch
So these bees and crops are foreign invasive planted here by those dang Europeans? I find all of this fascinating and wish more people would get involved, informed and have these conversations. Always bee learning!
They ARE native because a fossil of apis mellifera was recently found in a dry lake bed in Nevada. It was an exact duplicate of a modern black bee. This changes the myth. Besides there are documents of honeybee wax in large quantities being exchanged for European goods to the Spanish explorers.
Politicians and lecturers are advised to add um and ah. These are useful to hide the fact they're actually reading from a script and the questions are planted.
I am glad to hear that there is so much effort so early on this. Thank you for your work.
Thanks for this information.
Thank you for all of the info!
Great presentation on Tropilaelaps! So they are a danger but can be well controlled by an application of Formica acid. My question is how do the mites spread from hive to hive? Is it similar to varroa? A second question is how long have they been endemic in various countries that have large populations of honey bees? Thanks
great...... so this is what is coming up next.......wonderful
I know a thymol based treatment doesn't treat under the cappings but if the hive has a slow release method in it and the mites are exposed when they leave the capped cells it seems that it may be worth considering in your testing since it is currently an effective varroa mite treatment even if it's to rule it out as an option.
Sammy sending you an email on a meeting (lunch) I'm having with Corey Stevens (hopefully others) at the Expo this Jan. Cory and others (like Randy Oliver) are working hard at building traits to handle Varroa Destructor. Having done work on geno/pheno and trait maintenance in fish (Beta splendens) the problem with sticking these, even in a fairly closed environment is difficult and IMO impossible. I'll get into more details in the email...
Are Tropilaelaps mites affected by oxalic acid vaporization or long term OA slow release pads?
hiv, aids virus was combated by not using a single medication but by using a "cocktail" which made it impossible for the virus to out-evolve or adapt to any particular single treatment. If we're going to use chemicals, we need to adopt the cocktail strategy immediately
What does "crisper" mean regarding genetically modification of the bees? Please forgive my ignorant question
Does feeding mushroom solution help prevent colony collapse in both wild and domestic bees?
Come to Russia, we have this mite all over the South
Any ways to deal with them other than chemicals? Or what chemicals are effective?
A combination of hygienic behaviors and breeding for those traits is really our best option! He talks Formic pro as an effective treatment!
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Honey bees are not native pollinators in North America, correct? If that is true should we not be looking to support and restore those pollinators?
You are correct..but.. the majority of the foods we eat are not native to the America's nore did they evolve to to those bees. Most of our foods are native to Europe and Asia and a best pollinated buy European honey bees. And these mites aren't effecting native bees like honey bees because they don't make the brood to sustain them like honey bees do. Native bees big fights are pesticides and habitat. People say honey bees out compeat native bees. But there tons of forage that natives work and honey bees simply can't. I have videos of native working right infront of my hives on plants my honey bees won't touch
So these bees and crops are foreign invasive planted here by those dang Europeans? I find all of this fascinating and wish more people would get involved, informed and have these conversations. Always bee learning!
They ARE native because a fossil of apis mellifera was recently found in a dry lake bed in Nevada. It was an exact duplicate of a modern black bee. This changes the myth. Besides there are documents of honeybee wax in large quantities being exchanged for European goods to the Spanish explorers.
I hope you aren't re-using those transparencies between hives. That could spread an infestation from one hive to another.
We can talk and talk but none grows this and distribute bee keepers so only words and finished there.
As much as I wanted to watch this I could not get past the um's at the end of every sentence AND in the middle of them.
Politicians and lecturers are advised to add um and ah. These are useful to hide the fact they're actually reading from a script and the questions are planted.