I am interested in the essential oils in these treatments and a way to get ingredient directions instead of questimating on my own hives. Darlington S.C. so not even close on weather
That would be Wonderful, them working with us getting us the information that will help us and our bees. 👏 We need answers and many time the Scientists are asking the Wrong Questions, or the Right Questions but in the Wrong Way. There needs to be teamwork between Science and the Beekeeper with the bees coming first, Not egos or Money.👍 Thanks Ian, you are doing great work for ALL of us.
Gee Ian, your such a smart beekeeper, wish I lived , Canada, I'd come & work for you. I'm an aged beekeeper, from Australia & I've watched you for year's, your my, devoted , kind , beekeeper, cheer's Keith ☺️🙏💗😁
Nice now , possibly early chill to come next weekish .. the farmers almanac for 2024 points to a big chill for the winter here in the southwest (arizona) but its really gonna be everyone and Canada gets pretty cold ive heard 😉😂 Anyway Prayers for continues good fortune for the year to come!
🤔I don't know much but 100 Fall Nuc's sounded like a lot in 1 spot a Fall Nuc can be pretty strong. Ian Loving on his new🥰lifter, looks like it makes your solo work a lot easier then the older one.👍
I do the same but with 50g doses. Works, but I seem to have found that I have to follow up in a week of so with counts or treatment and not assume that an initial mite drop means they are all gone, especially in hives with a lot of brood.
Man it is unsettling thinking about potential synergies with different treatments. I like to go back to bob binnie’s presentation on them every so often. The potential build up on the wax is concerning in some of the treatments. Rotating wax out is definitely on my mind. Mostly what’s the end game with these mites it has to be some sort of genetic improvement like any other ag pest situation
Time stamp 1:05. The sounds of winter getting close…not that I’m trying to scare anyone! Lol. Ian, I couldn’t really see in the video. In this heat wave you are getting, do you have your entrance reducers in?
We have had a few days in the high 20’s and the last 2 were 30’s. With the thymol treatment in, I decided to keep the colonies wide open to help with the bearding
I know you have alote of hives but have you ever tried faithfully hitting them with OA every week until you put them away for winter ? I only have 35 but I have don’t this sense mid August and I have o counts and I plan to keep doing it this way I use strips in the spring also
When you move hives... You don't seal them up? They don't go crazy leaving the hive??? (I use that 3M Cut-to-size Air filter) But---the most I've ever moved at one time is 12 hives.
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Once upon a time, I repaired my Miata (it was down, and is NOW currently down)...but for this story, it was working AS was the AC...and I did a cutout from a water meter, placed them into a nuc. Sealed them in, and about 5 min into the trip home, I noticed a few bees outside the box...then---10 in I noticed another 'leak.' Before I was done, the inside of my Miata was covered with bees. Still, they didn't sting me (much). I enjoyed my AC & the bees ... most stayed in the box, but a bunch did escape. (this was in the day, though.)
The stink of Thymol sure does linger on your gloves! I've noticed how most of my hives remove every trace of the Apilife var tablet over 7 days yet some don't seem to touch them?
My main nectar producing plant is thyme which is where thymol comes from 😂 thyme smell comes with the territory here, gloves, suits, boxes, probably my hive tool too👍😂
All forms of mite treatments work best broodless, no place to hide. Even Apivar, in just a 24 hour time span when broodless, works perfectly. Treating summer bees and a bunch of capped brood is a waste of money. Your videos show me that every year, that's why I don't use it like you do.
Question: Are you seeing evidence of mite diseases like DWV? Also, I am wondering what beekeepers would think of genetically engineered bees. Would people accept using bees engineered to make them varroa resistant or resistant to things like DWV?
I have DWV in mine every year but it switched to the not visible one. It's very rare to see bees with bad wings but on testing it always comes out that they have some. Or maybe they are so good to immediately exit and not come back. They used to linger on the last frames.. drones, dark old and sick bees and ones with DWV. But I see much less of it
You have it going on is my take. To handle that many hives the way you do with help--- in so many different ways is spectacular
I am interested in the essential oils in these treatments and a way to get ingredient directions instead of questimating on my own hives. Darlington S.C. so not even close on weather
That would be Wonderful, them working with us getting us the information that will help us and our bees. 👏
We need answers and many time the Scientists are asking the Wrong Questions, or the Right Questions but in the Wrong Way. There needs to be teamwork between Science and the Beekeeper with the bees coming first, Not egos or Money.👍
Thanks Ian, you are doing great work for ALL of us.
Gee Ian, your such a smart beekeeper, wish I lived , Canada, I'd come & work for you. I'm an aged beekeeper, from Australia & I've watched you for year's, your my, devoted , kind , beekeeper, cheer's Keith ☺️🙏💗😁
lol with our winters o no you don’t 😂😂😂
You’re doing all the right things IMO. Nice work
Oh I love the sound of geese in the background!! 1:02
Staying warm in Nova Scotia too we are 6 amd 7 degrees above temps for this time a year I love it bees doo too
Nice now , possibly early chill to come next weekish .. the farmers almanac for 2024 points to a big chill for the winter here in the southwest (arizona) but its really gonna be everyone and Canada gets pretty cold ive heard 😉😂
Anyway Prayers for continues good fortune for the year to come!
🤔I don't know much but 100 Fall Nuc's sounded like a lot in 1 spot a Fall Nuc can be pretty strong.
Ian Loving on his new🥰lifter, looks like it makes your solo work a lot easier then the older one.👍
One of my favorite fall treatments is 3 33gram doses of thymol spaced one week apart followed by OA vaporization a week after last thymol treatment.
I do the same but with 50g doses. Works, but I seem to have found that I have to follow up in a week of so with counts or treatment and not assume that an initial mite drop means they are all gone, especially in hives with a lot of brood.
I like that. I do something similar with a formic treatment followed by OA dribble 8 days later. That followup makes a big difference.
Man it is unsettling thinking about potential synergies with different treatments. I like to go back to bob binnie’s presentation on them every so often. The potential build up on the wax is concerning in some of the treatments. Rotating wax out is definitely on my mind. Mostly what’s the end game with these mites it has to be some sort of genetic improvement like any other ag pest situation
We have a winner 😃 it's the only time zero counts are wins😂 glad its coming good for you 👍
As Randy says “ Zeros are hero’s” sounds good.
Ian do you hunt geese up there?
Hey did you put that card board paper on the bottom board? Thats a great idea. At least you can kinda tell if its doing much.
How do you keep your pails so white and pretty?
Lol
How many frames/pounds of honey do you have in your 10 frame hives to winter bee’s, I live in northern BC first year beekeeper. Thanks
All frames full
Curious is an away feed station would help relieve the pressure in your high density yards.
Yes that would definitely keep them occupied
Time stamp 1:05. The sounds of winter getting close…not that I’m trying to scare anyone! Lol.
Ian, I couldn’t really see in the video. In this heat wave you are getting, do you have your entrance reducers in?
We have had a few days in the high 20’s and the last 2 were 30’s. With the thymol treatment in, I decided to keep the colonies wide open to help with the bearding
I know you have alote of hives but have you ever tried faithfully hitting them with OA every week until you put them away for winter ? I only have 35 but I have don’t this sense mid August and I have o counts and I plan to keep doing it this way I use strips in the spring also
It’s a stand by practice
Como funciona esse baldes de alimentação? Tem furos na tampa
Vacuum hold the syrup in.
Ian could you post a link for your honey sales, I still want to get some buckwheat honey to try.
what are the tablets??
ApiLife Var.
When you move hives...
You don't seal them up?
They don't go crazy leaving the hive???
(I use that 3M Cut-to-size Air filter)
But---the most I've ever moved at one time is 12 hives.
I don’t ever close them in, I’m moving in the morning
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Once upon a time, I repaired my Miata (it was down, and is NOW currently down)...but for this story, it was working AS was the AC...and I did a cutout from a water meter, placed them into a nuc.
Sealed them in, and about 5 min into the trip home, I noticed a few bees outside the box...then---10 in I noticed another 'leak.'
Before I was done, the inside of my Miata was covered with bees.
Still, they didn't sting me (much).
I enjoyed my AC & the bees ... most stayed in the box, but a bunch did escape. (this was in the day, though.)
The stink of Thymol sure does linger on your gloves! I've noticed how most of my hives remove every trace of the Apilife var tablet over 7 days yet some don't seem to touch them?
My main nectar producing plant is thyme which is where thymol comes from 😂 thyme smell comes with the territory here, gloves, suits, boxes, probably my hive tool too👍😂
@@TimS366 stink ? It's called smell.
I have noticed that they seem to be antsy when using thymol. Just a little unsettled, can't put my finger on it.
Oh they don’t like it
Zero....❤❤❤
All forms of mite treatments work best broodless, no place to hide. Even Apivar, in just a 24 hour time span when broodless, works perfectly. Treating summer bees and a bunch of capped brood is a waste of money. Your videos show me that every year, that's why I don't use it like you do.
Broodless treatment is too late unless it’s done during the season which causes huge problems
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog fall isn't the only broodless period in a season.
Less hives in each yard = less mite loads
Not true especially when you can have 20% of the hives in the yard having all the mite load.
Eh? No.
Question: Are you seeing evidence of mite diseases like DWV? Also, I am wondering what beekeepers would think of genetically engineered bees. Would people accept using bees engineered to make them varroa resistant or resistant to things like DWV?
No sign of DWV but my viral tests show moderate yo heavy infestation
I’d accept bees resistant to mites in any way whatsoever.
As we adopted GM tech on the farm for exactly the same reasons
I have DWV in mine every year but it switched to the not visible one. It's very rare to see bees with bad wings but on testing it always comes out that they have some. Or maybe they are so good to immediately exit and not come back.
They used to linger on the last frames.. drones, dark old and sick bees and ones with DWV. But I see much less of it