Anyone tell me which method is better for extracting Varroa Destructor from bees. I don't want to kill bees. Is the sugar method is good or accurate?? Please give me answer if you tried it.
The sugar shake method can harm bees. It can harm their wings, legs, & antennae. While the alcohol wash is fatal to bees, unfortunately, it's the most accurate testing method
How did it go? I'm about to do my varroa testing and just cannot bring myself to deliberately kill 300 bees! Even if I kill a couple of bees during inspections or whatever, I hate that.... so it's the sugar shake for me. I read about the C02 count method but read that it was really inaccurate. anyone done it?
Sorry for the intrusion 3m mask What is the filter number, please, used in the mask
Where can I get the two lidded jar for that alcohol wash? Thanks.
Anyone tell me which method is better for extracting Varroa Destructor from bees. I don't want to kill bees. Is the sugar method is good or accurate?? Please give me answer if you tried it.
There is another way to do mite count. Called the CO2 count. That dose not kill the bees but puts them to sleep. Look it up on RUclips.
The sugar shake method can harm bees. It can harm their wings, legs, & antennae. While the alcohol wash is fatal to bees, unfortunately, it's the most accurate testing method
It doesn’t harm them, lol yeah right exactly what I was thinking.
But those are just a hundred bees out of thousands so when you think about it it’s not doing damage to the hive
I’ll do the powder suger method.. I’m not killing my bees with alcohol! 😢
How did it go? I'm about to do my varroa testing and just cannot bring myself to deliberately kill 300 bees! Even if I kill a couple of bees during inspections or whatever, I hate that.... so it's the sugar shake for me. I read about the C02 count method but read that it was really inaccurate. anyone done it?
Those poor bees they have mites to worry about on top of being treated like this.
Its better than entire colonies dying due to mites
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