I CAN’T Believe this Colony is Alive!!! [Varroa Mite Check]

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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024

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  • @TheHoneystead
    @TheHoneystead  2 года назад +20

    You guys are awesome and shared many helpful tips! I am taking them all in for sure! This video hurts a little and I’m really thankful that I made the promise to be real on yt and share life- Varroa Mites and all! I’ll do my best to respond, but this evening my family and I are celebrating mine and my husband’s Birthday… sooo that’s why if respond right away 🐝

    • @shawnboutersebouterseurban387
      @shawnboutersebouterseurban387 2 года назад +1

      Happy birthday 🎉

    • @exzendar2523
      @exzendar2523 2 года назад

      Happy birthday to your husband!🥳🎂

    • @dennisheer7565
      @dennisheer7565 2 года назад +1

      🎂💐 happy birthday to the both of you

    • @dcsblessedbees
      @dcsblessedbees 2 года назад +1

      Happy B-days, enjoy your family time. Blessed Days...

    • @luludi3
      @luludi3 2 года назад

      Happy Birthday to you both!! 🎂 🍾🥂🎉

  • @maynard3legs
    @maynard3legs 2 года назад +7

    Do a 'triage split.' Pull all the capped brood and put them into a nuc and leave the open brood with the queen. Hit the open brood half with 4g oav immediately and the other half every 5 days until all the brood had emerged. Then recombine them. This method takes some extra work and is best done in spring but can really help before the winter brood is reared. Thanks for this video! It's so terrible to find this but I'm so glad you did before their winter bees were decimated! Timing is everything!

  • @kidskitchen4017
    @kidskitchen4017 2 года назад +8

    Just the video I needed. Lost two thriving colonies last year to the little buggers. Can't wait to see how you treat. Thanks for being real and raw for us

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад +1

      You are very welcome I do hope this helps!

  • @TennesseeTim38451
    @TennesseeTim38451 2 года назад +6

    Great video, sucky results. I been doing alcohol vs dawn dish soap and found one that washed 64 with alcohol and 78 with dish soap. From the same test sample. I pray both our hives make it.

  • @Life-ld9ko
    @Life-ld9ko 2 года назад +14

    Super high count! I would propose an immediate 5-6 gram oxalic acid vaporization treatment on the same day to knock the mite out (even a heavy dose of oxalic acid vaporization treatment is safe for bees, you can do it in colder morning), and then a broodless session (3-4 days apart) just the next week. You can achieve broodlessness (i mean uncapped brood) by isolating the queen in an additional top box for a week and then setting her free after that (do give her atleast one frame to lay eggs so that her feromomes and egg laying doesn't go down); Also, check and treat the whole yard, as mite spread too fast especially during relative dearth due to robbing tendency.
    Another suggestion: treat the feral or unknown swarm before assimilating in the apiary.

  • @gentlemanbard3649
    @gentlemanbard3649 2 года назад +4

    I'm only 40 seconds into the video and I'm so glad you are showing this. I'm new to bee keeping and I've been needing to check for mites on my hives but, frankly, I can't figure out the instructions. And there's always nuances of caring for bees that a step-by-step guide just can't help you anticipate. THANK YOU!

    • @CastleHives
      @CastleHives 2 года назад +1

      I typically will show everything like Kaylee. Last video was Mite washes and treatments.

  • @brucesbees
    @brucesbees 2 года назад +2

    Great stuff Kaylee. Hopefully can get that situation under control quickly!

  • @79PoisonBreaker
    @79PoisonBreaker 2 года назад +1

    gl hope they get under controle fast

  • @exzendar2523
    @exzendar2523 2 года назад +8

    There is a methode from a polish beekeeper he uses a very narrow metalgrid that the bees have to pas at the entrance of the hive and there is a good chance that the bees strip the varoa milb at that grid, there is a Video on RUclips with this guy where he shows how that work

  • @johnerway7255
    @johnerway7255 2 года назад +4

    Well stated, thank you for the education on the varroa mites.

  • @charlesvaughn5055
    @charlesvaughn5055 2 года назад +3

    so sorry for the large infection. thanks for the information, and will be waiting to see how you treat.

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад

      Thank you Charles! I will for sure do a video soon!

  • @dennisheer7565
    @dennisheer7565 2 года назад +3

    I really appreciate your video on your mite problem. I am very new to beekeeping I only have one hive. I caught the hive in my homemade bee trap, I am preparing to do a inspection for mites. So I would like to thank you for showing me how to do my inspection and why.

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад

      You’re very welcome! Best of luck with your beekeeping adventures!

  • @Bulldogges12
    @Bulldogges12 2 года назад +5

    Many bee keepers have switched to doing the varroa mites wash with Dawn dish soap. I believe it was Randy Oliver(someone correct me if I'm wrong) that did testing on this method and said not only does it kill the bees faster but it's more accurate when it comes to the mite counts. Frederick Dunn, Kamon Renolds and others have started using this practice. I'll be doing it this weekend once my Apivar comes in.

  • @patrickbrewer2794
    @patrickbrewer2794 2 года назад +1

    Awesome video.. I know it's heart breaking but at least now you can push forward treat them and make them ready for winter. Thank you for sharing your awesome..

  • @koffinkat666
    @koffinkat666 2 года назад +3

    OMG! That was a lot of Mites! That sucks, I hope you are able to figure it out.

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад +2

      Ugh I know!! Not an easy video to share… but it happens sometimes!

  • @yasminnilima2366
    @yasminnilima2366 2 года назад +1

    I hope you find a good way for these Girls! I feel for both them and you! Lot's of love from Sweden!

  • @fiter61
    @fiter61 2 года назад

    Дуже красивий бджоляр))) навіть не віриться що така гарна дівчина, може займатися такою тяжкою працею😉

  • @brigittemiller5073
    @brigittemiller5073 2 года назад +4

    Very informative and helpful to those that struggle doing the math ;)
    I think it is important to show how and why we check before just doing a mite treatment. Good job!

  • @michaowepszczoy7918
    @michaowepszczoy7918 2 года назад

    I'm glad that's already past me, all that mite counting. Well, the next winter will show, if I'm correct on what I've just written. All the best!

  • @csauke
    @csauke 2 года назад

    Thanks for this video! Checking my hives in the next day or so to see where they are at.

  • @angelad.8944
    @angelad.8944 2 года назад

    I feel for you. That is a bummer. There are a combination of solutions out there that will work for you and the girls though. Be diligent and you will all recover. I wish for you, the best outcome.

  • @svenzethelius140
    @svenzethelius140 2 года назад +1

    Keep in mind with FormicPro, you really really need to add an extra box (with comb already drawn) for space when you put it on. Every time I've used it, the bees have either swarmed or near swarm due to not liking the smell.

  • @jhulin9018
    @jhulin9018 2 года назад

    Good job explaining as you go. Very helpful for all. Keep it up.

  • @Hunter-ys5yq
    @Hunter-ys5yq 2 года назад

    First time to see BEE GIRL🍯
    UNIQUE and AMAZING🤗

  • @jamestownsendjrtbees3226
    @jamestownsendjrtbees3226 2 года назад

    Try not to feel bad, everyone's honey bees have mites. I know you will do everything you can to help that colony. Last July I had 2 colonies with mite counts in the twenties, all the rest were 3 or less. The Temps were ok so I did formic pro 1 pad for 10 days then a second pad for 10 days. Single brood chambers of course. Worked perfectly! Both colonies are thriving this year. The first 2 days with formic should be 85 or less than if it gets hotter after that most of the major off gas is done. Good luck with your bees!

  • @francisbrookhouse5595
    @francisbrookhouse5595 2 года назад

    Where do you get your gloves in your bee suits from
    Enjoy a lot of your comments and enjoy a lot of your shows thank you very much for all your b shows you and your mom thank you

  • @KajunHomestead
    @KajunHomestead 2 года назад +2

    Good luck with the mite problem , fixing to test mine also, makes me nervous to what I’m going to find.

  • @CastleHives
    @CastleHives 2 года назад +5

    Insane. . My last washes, 6 in total, were 10, 4, 1, 1, 1, and 1. There is some research that is showing 2 tablespoons of Dawn Ultra to 1 gallon of water produces a more accurate result. I’m doing washes comparing just to see. As always Kaylee, appreciate you showing this. Stay Feral. . 😂

    • @baldeagleApiaries
      @baldeagleApiaries 2 года назад +1

      Hey, please let me know your results with the dawn Ultra.

    • @CastleHives
      @CastleHives 2 года назад

      @@baldeagleApiaries I will. I plan to do more washes.

  • @karenbruggeman8412
    @karenbruggeman8412 2 года назад

    I don't bee keep but I love to grow stuff that bees and butterflies like. I have a relative that is bee keepers that I purchase delicious honey. Love to learn these things you post just to respect the bees and the cost of good quality Honey. 👍

  • @FreeRangeArtFarm
    @FreeRangeArtFarm 2 года назад +3

    BTW - the new bee suit is starting to look worked in.

  • @ez4009
    @ez4009 2 года назад +1

    I know that this is part of being a bee caretaker, and the infestation is something to be a concern. My heart goes out to you I'm sure it's going to get better. Keeps updated when you can. Tell your parents, Hello and your husband keep up the great work his a good man.
    Take Care
    Edward from Houston TX

  • @brianwashburn4917
    @brianwashburn4917 2 года назад +1

    I did formic pro last year and it did great except one thing. My friend had one colony and I had one hive treatment leftover that had stayed in the cab of my truck. He asked me to treat his bees and I did. Didn't realize that formic pro can't get hot (like cooking in the cab of a truck) even though it was cool the day i used it. Colony died in a few hours. Live and learn I guess. Hope ya get them figured out. Still gonna use formic but I'm a little more informed lol!

  • @kaasman78
    @kaasman78 2 года назад

    Confession...I really don't like any creature with more than 4 legs. But for some reason beekeeping is very fascinating to watch. The complexity of keeping bees healthy and happy, the magnificence of the colonies themselves. As long as critters outside are just doing their thing...no problem.
    Really appreciate the snippets of your homesteading lifestyle mixed in with some family stuff. And your bravery to put it out on the internet with all those experts having all kinds off opinions and comments 😉.
    I hope you'll be successful getting the parasites under control.

  • @lilbob369
    @lilbob369 2 года назад +1

    I don’t treat. Ever! Hygienic bee! Russian ,VSH . This was a really good video. Explained the process very well. I understand it a little better than I thought I did. Thanks! Have fun! Keep bees! And if anyone didn’t know Girl Bees make boy Bees when and if they need them!

  • @richardaraneda4460
    @richardaraneda4460 2 года назад

    I lost 2 hive this year for varroa with 9%. I used oxalic with glicery for 3 weeks and syrup 1:1 with lavander, rosemary, thyme, mint and pennyroyal for the rest of my hive. Each of those 2 hive give more than 30 kg of honey🥲. Greeting forma chile.

  • @benjamindejonge3624
    @benjamindejonge3624 2 года назад +1

    It take balls to share this infestation thanks for all the info

  • @dcsblessedbees
    @dcsblessedbees 2 года назад +3

    Dang, looks like strong bees to survive that kind of mite load. I'll bet it ends up a super hive if you get them under control imagine how strong they would be with out the mites. BLAST them bugs better check the others real good also, but your know all this. So I'll just wish ya best of luck and them little bugs might just surprise ya.

    • @dave4785
      @dave4785 2 года назад

      Agreed! That's a colony that is tough!

  • @caubengoan1326
    @caubengoan1326 2 года назад

    Poor the bees. Looking forward to the treatment video. Hope the bees will recover.

  • @alanbiesemeier6930
    @alanbiesemeier6930 2 года назад +1

    Always love watching you working with the Colonies and your ladies. 🐝🐝Sorry about the Collateral Damage, but if it saves the whole, better to lose a small portion.😥😥

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад

      Thank you Alan!

    • @alanbiesemeier6930
      @alanbiesemeier6930 2 года назад

      @@TheHoneystead Did you get the e-mail and picture of my Stained Glass Honeycomb set up from Alex ?😎😎

  • @nasser971
    @nasser971 2 года назад

    Good morning.... you are so wonderful, you work hard and know... may I know about this bee dress... its features and prices... the address of the shop... Thank you and love.... and my respect

  • @noahG82
    @noahG82 2 года назад +1

    This happend to me last fall. I treated in September and sometime in October it got warm and they robbed out a colony somewhere and brought back a mite bomb..... my wash was 45 mites.... I spent the next 3 weeks hitting them with OAV

  • @sumichalek
    @sumichalek 2 года назад

    We use organic oils (thymol, coriander, wormwood, menthol, ...) soaked in thin wooden strip. We hang few strips into the hive for 1-4 weeks. Mites fall down to the mitepad and die (it can be used preventively also). I dont know if you have such products in america. It is also possible to make a shower for the bees, by sprinkling them in the hive aisles with a preparation that contains fir, thyme and coriander oil. These products have the exact concentration of oils that are not unpleasant for bees and bother mites. There are many options to cure it. You have a garden, maybe you have a plant in it that repels mites and bees like it. Maybe thyme, maybe coriander, some of those whose oils are used. Perhaps more such plants will be mentioned in the literature. I am quite new in bees.
    EDIT: You probably know, you can also spread the hives further apart to reduce the transmission of parasites and diseases. Bees affected by the parasite are weaker and it is more difficult for them to return to the hive, so it happens to them more often that they hit a neighboring hive, which makes it easier for the parasite to spread. Even turning the flyers in other directions could help limit the wandering of the bees. I saw a guy on youtube (vino farm) who did it like that, but for a different reason.

  • @glendaglass7264
    @glendaglass7264 2 года назад

    I use Dawn ultra dish soap 2 tbs per gallon water for mite wash. Much safer than alcohol, works as well or better. Stir gently don’t shake.

  • @shawnboutersebouterseurban387
    @shawnboutersebouterseurban387 2 года назад +1

    I did a Dawn dish soap wash this weekend and found 12 mites. Treated all conies with Formic 4 weeks ago. Now going to double dose Oxylic every five days.

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад

      Man this a mites can just really do some damage quickly!

    • @shawnboutersebouterseurban387
      @shawnboutersebouterseurban387 2 года назад

      @@TheHoneystead I would hit them hard now Formic Pro below 90 degrees though. 2 strips 14 days

  • @johnkasprak5707
    @johnkasprak5707 2 года назад

    I would count the bees as well as the mites. 300 is a SWAG. I've always counted and the bee count for 1/2 cup can be anywhere from 275-375. Good luck knocking the mites back!

  • @randyclinganfarms4806
    @randyclinganfarms4806 2 года назад +2

    I always take any swarms i get to a different yard and treat them 8 days after that way there is no brood capped.I would treat every hive because of bee drift.Hope it works out for you.

  • @eves8611
    @eves8611 Год назад

    I just did my first mite check today, it's only our second summer keeping bees. I hated to kill bees but saw a beekeeper who did an experiment and the sugar roll was not nearly as accurate. He got 3 mites from the sugar roll, then he put the same bees in an alcohol wash after and 5 more mites fell out.

  • @sdega315
    @sdega315 2 года назад

    Very informative video! I hope you will do more beekeeping videos. 🐝🥰

  • @virgilelochon1762
    @virgilelochon1762 2 года назад

    Hello Kaylee and thank you for this videos.
    As a non professionnal beekeeper, and as many beekeeper near me, I use too this method to determine my strategy against Varroa.
    As suggested above I use sometime the confectioner's sugar (icing sugar ? I'm french, not sure of the name) because it don't kill girls.
    But, honestly, the sugar is less efficient and when I had doub't I use alcoohol too with most accurate results.

  • @derekread8220
    @derekread8220 2 года назад +1

    I would advise treating the colony as soon as possible by any of the ways already suggested, before contemplating replacing the queen. Ideally a swarm should be placed in an isolation Apiary before being admitted to your main Apiary so that you can check the health of the swarm. Here in the UK many beekeepers treat a swarm with OA as soon as possible to knock off any of the pesky critters that have hitched a ride to pastures new.

  • @ghostofvalor4349
    @ghostofvalor4349 2 года назад

    I got hopguard to test but I haven't used it yet. I've seen my bees destroy the mites so I'm waiting to do treatment until closer to winter. I might not even use it because the hives seem strong. I'm still learning though. You are surprised they are alive, which means they are strong bees! Swarm probably picked up extra mites and then building new colony was a lot of work for them so they couldn't police for mites as much. I have hope for them!

  • @FreeRangeArtFarm
    @FreeRangeArtFarm 2 года назад +1

    Holy mite load Kaylee!!!

  • @Rrailroad3
    @Rrailroad3 2 года назад +2

    IMO I would not worry about getting honey off them or any high infested colony and I would treat. I had a high mite colony a couple years ago and threw everything on them. OA vaporization, Apivar and formic pro. I had nothing to lose if i “burned” the colony. They ended up making it.

  • @davidhyttenrauch5743
    @davidhyttenrauch5743 Год назад

    Heart aches for you.

  • @andreamyers3317
    @andreamyers3317 Год назад

    IME, sometimes when you see a strong colony that looks otherwise healthy with a high mite count late in the season they may be robbing out a dying "mite bomb" somewhere and be perfectly healthy or, a strong colonies that produces a lot of brood can produce a lot of mites over time and be starting to get really sick. Mite counts of any type tell you something but they don't tell you everything, there is more to understand than just percentage of mite to bee ratio. That hive was not for certain doomed! I'll be curious to know if it survives. Thank you for your videos!

  • @FrankfurtFury
    @FrankfurtFury 2 года назад

    With that particular hive, I think the hive is considered done with that amount of varroa mite load. Good chance the damage is already done to the hive, aka viruses. Time (winter) will tell.
    I lost 50% last winter to mites and I am a commercial sideline beekeeper. Mites were taken care of late summer all the way into late fall. Mite count was very very low but the damage was already done to I'd say 40% of the hive and 10% I'd say was normal winter kill. Good luck to you.

  • @oadkins1
    @oadkins1 2 года назад +1

    Have you heard of treating with food grade mineral oil and thyme essential oil?

  • @rpeebles
    @rpeebles 2 года назад

    Dont lose too much sleep over this...it count be a good thing! I have a colony that had over 30 mites in a wash last weekend and they are flourishing right now even in our hard Texas drought and dearth. At first I felt the same way as you but my friend mentioned that I probably have a mite resistant colony/queen! Because they have a lot of mites but they also are killing it despite the mites and are resisting them. Yes, it could be that they would not survive the winter but maybe they would since our winters are fairly mild compared to most of the country. I treated with OA and will hit them two more times in the next 2 weeks to try to reduce their mite count. And I had grafted from the high mite queen to 15 other colonies this spring because it was that strong.
    I checked 10 other colonies and they averaged less than 6 mites but went ahead and treated all my colonies within range of the high one.
    Now if they had high mites and were doing poorly then that would be bad and they could be about to collapse and die.

  • @markbooth8458
    @markbooth8458 2 года назад

    I live approximately 100 miles south of the honeystead. I would treat the entire yard with apiguard. If that didn't work for me I would treat again with apivar. It's to hot for MAQS. I am finishing up my apiguard treatments this weekend.

    • @AmericansBee
      @AmericansBee 2 года назад

      Yeah I use Apigaurd in august. Works great. 4 weeks of 25g a week. Then retest. That said, I used Randy's Extended release OA this year and my highest count was 5 on one and 4 on another. Rest were zeros or 1's. I suggest doing this next spring!

  • @jamesmoore5603
    @jamesmoore5603 2 года назад +1

    one possible explanation is that the mites fell of the other bees and you poured them into the cup. This would skew the counts. Scooping the bees rather than pouring might have produced a different result.
    A retest of that hive might be prudent.

  • @PlutozReal
    @PlutozReal 2 года назад

    "Smoke, flames, probably not a good mix"
    Next episode, half of Kaylee's hair is fried.
    "So I thought I was far enough away...."

  • @ricklee258
    @ricklee258 2 года назад +1

    Not saying it’s the correct way, but I treat my hives with OAV to get a mite count. My hives have screened bottoms with trays. I clean the tray and then fog. Then 2 days later count the mite drop. If there is any, I treat every 4 or 5 days till I get 2 treatments in a row with zero drop.
    Doesn’t seem to kill bees, but kills lots of mites.
    Even if OAV isn’t the planned treatment method you can fog them with it to get a count. Any more than 2 or 3 mites dropped, then go at them with treatment of choice.
    Just makes since to me to skip the wash step.
    I’ve had initial fogging drop 100+ mites, have to fog 7+ times going clear into October to clean them up, and had them survive the winter just fine. I think yours are recoverable given your august start on it. Get to killing mites.

    • @baldeagleApiaries
      @baldeagleApiaries 2 года назад

      I like to use a fogger, what are you using in yours? is there a video on RUclips with your method?

    • @ricklee258
      @ricklee258 2 года назад

      @@baldeagleApiaries I apologize for misusing the term "FOG". I use a vaporizer, device that heats the powder creating a smoke like effect. My current vaporizer is the Lorob bee version. I also own and have used a wand type with a diesel glow plug, and a DIY gas vap unit.
      Any video of the Lorob Bee unit or the ProVap110 would demonstrate same/similar to my use.

  • @handsburyhoneybees893
    @handsburyhoneybees893 2 года назад +2

    Just a few things. My suggestion you better treat that whole yard as one big super organism. If that colony does crash. You’re gonna spread varroa all over the place. I would not suggest apivar to slow of a kill rate . Apiguard is a good choice. So is Formic . But Formic is more known for queen loss and going to fall I wouldn’t use it . There’s very few colonies out there that are good at keeping Varroa a bay . We’re good at killing Varroa. But there’s 28 different viruses that are spreading as well. If it was me I would use Apiguard. And hit them with OA every two days for 21 days

  • @melaniejenkins109
    @melaniejenkins109 2 года назад

    Interesting video. We only have the four hives, we have treated every year regardless, every year the mite load varies between all four but they all have their fair share of mites unfortunately.

  • @mcm2016
    @mcm2016 2 года назад

    For such an infestation, you have two active substances in mind! I would use sublimated oxalic acid and then some contact strips with amitraz or flumethrin! Think about how such an infestation came to be and look for the cause so that you can remove it in the future!Best regards from Romania !

  • @raterus
    @raterus 5 месяцев назад

    Now I'm curious one year later if you saved this colony (doubtful), and if so what did you do?

  • @johnn1a2
    @johnn1a2 2 года назад +1

    Will never know for sure. They may of swarmed out of original hive to help eliminate many many mites. Also it breaks their cycle. If they were out in nature they would do this to help a sick hive, actually that hive may have multiple swarms to rid them self’s of mites and viruses associated with mites. Just a thought.

  • @hootervillehoneybees8664
    @hootervillehoneybees8664 2 года назад

    Had swarm we caught last year late summer had 82 count and no queen.. huge swarm solid 10 frames of bees .. gave them a queen couple oav treatment's.. they dwindled down to 5 frames and lived thru winter died in the spring.. wasn't such a long cold spring they probably made it..

  • @florianragaine8268
    @florianragaine8268 2 года назад

    You can also use the Easycheck with icing sugar for not kill the bees

    • @AmericansBee
      @AmericansBee 2 года назад

      No, inaccurate results and not recommended

  • @jameslocke3069
    @jameslocke3069 2 года назад +2

    I prefer apivar and oa because they are a bit gentler on the bees, but with this heavy an infestations I'd go with formic pro or maybe even Thymol if your temps permit it. I also agree, this colony doesn't seem to have good hygienic genetics. Have a look at the Saskatraz project and think about a requeening.

    • @baldeagleApiaries
      @baldeagleApiaries 2 года назад

      Another option would be requeening with a Weaver Queen.

  • @ginocatania3349
    @ginocatania3349 2 года назад

    You might want to try apivar for such an infestation it's a harder treatment but just a thought good luck with your hive.

  • @reneemoorefrost4871
    @reneemoorefrost4871 2 года назад

    I've lost colonies rather quickly over mite issues. I will not use oxalic acid vapor. A fellow beekeeper died from liver cancer that may have been from this acid. There are other option that don't require a mask. Thanks for the videos

  • @GypsyLynn5150
    @GypsyLynn5150 Год назад

    I'm so sad for the Bees 😥 Is the honey still good if there are mites in the hive?

  • @عليالشمريالعراقيه

    انتي رائع آحببتك ❤

  • @vytbbb7146
    @vytbbb7146 2 года назад

    There's nothing to think about. You should treat immediately.

  • @christianshannon3943
    @christianshannon3943 2 года назад

    Try the Apivar strips.

  • @sarahansen2396
    @sarahansen2396 2 года назад

    Hi, I just saw a carpenter bee enter my honey hive. Good…bad…?

  • @danielweston9188
    @danielweston9188 2 года назад

    A small vacuum is a fast way to sample.

  • @VeganAJohnH
    @VeganAJohnH 2 года назад

    Kaylee. When you go out & catch a swarm, do to you do a varroa mite test on them before you take them back to your hives?. Plus can one hive pass this mite to another hive that is close by or is it normally held to the hive it's in?. Plus do the mites only live on certain parts of the colony or can the queen & all of them catch the mites?.

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад

      I don’t typically.. but I may be reconsidering. So far a few of my other colonies are good, but still checking!

  • @BrianCooper901
    @BrianCooper901 2 года назад +1

    Is it definitive that hives with high mite counts have bad queen genetics or could they just be foraging where there are more mites on flowers or robbing a hive in a tree somewhere that is failing that the other hives haven't found? I do see bees from different hives flying in different directions.
    It hurts to kill some bees but you probably just saved that entire colony. Thanks for sharing.

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад +2

      I do lean on the genetics, because many of my other colonies are doing amazing! This colony is huge, but other colonies that I have are smaller and they had a mite count of 1%

    • @ghostofvalor4349
      @ghostofvalor4349 2 года назад

      @@TheHoneystead Very interesting! You have so many hives, I'm sure you'll figure out what's best for them. U have a high success rate!

  • @jasoncopin
    @jasoncopin 2 года назад

    That's horrifying. I just been using Oxalic acid vape. Try to do it atleast every five days. The mites incubate for twelve days, so my reasoning is for the next twelve days I will be trying to kill off the mites coming out of the comb before they can infect a new comb. Haven't tried with twelve day brood break. I guess the optimum brood break would be until all the capped brood hatches and there is no where for the mites to hide but two weeks is a long time to cage a queen.

    • @AmericansBee
      @AmericansBee 2 года назад

      Mites can and will go into a cell after 24hours. OAV isnt going to work like that. Broodless only.

  • @baldeagleApiaries
    @baldeagleApiaries 2 года назад

    Last month I decided to do a sugar roll to check for mites and then I followed that with an alcohol wash. Happily, the alcohol wash did not reveal any additional Mites. Have any of you tried this?

    • @AmericansBee
      @AmericansBee 2 года назад

      Innaccurate and not recomended.

  • @mohawksniper79
    @mohawksniper79 2 года назад

    👍🏼🤠❤️

  • @billbo520
    @billbo520 2 года назад

    I believe there are different ways bees survive V Mites A. the good genetics you speak of being able to clean each other or crack the mites B. there are some bees that have built up a natural resistance to the sickness the mites pass on. A we know to be true the ladder is just speculation between me and a few other beekeepers.

  • @tammytamz3046
    @tammytamz3046 2 года назад

    Do you notice any reduction in your bees over previous years? I don’t have my own bees but, DEFINITELY, I can see them declining over the last 3 years… especially this year. 😞

  • @bduerr5082
    @bduerr5082 2 года назад

    I have done mite sampling using alcohol washes for years and I *ALWAYS* count out the dead bees and do the actual percent of mites per bee. I have never, ever, ever gotten 300 bees in a 1/2 cup of live bees. Not even close. We need to all do ourselves a favor as beekeepers and spread the dead bees out on a paper towel, let them dry, and then sort them into piles and COUNT THEM! I bet most people will be shocked to see how many actual dead bees they have. It is not anywhere as high as people think. This is the *ONLY* way to get an actual percentage. 3 Dead mites per 100 dead bees is 3%. 7 Dead mites on 165 dead bees is 4.2% which is what one of my neighbors recently found. He swore up and down he had a least 300 bees and he was dead wrong and if he went with that number he would have thought he only had a 2% infestation. If one does not know the number of dead bees and dead mites anything beyond that point is a guess. Edit to add: you have sacrificed the bees to find out their health, why not take the time out of our lives to get the most and the best information from their sacrifice by taking the time to count the dead bees? It only takes 5-10 minutes to do.

  • @torga74
    @torga74 2 года назад

    😢

  • @จักร์กฤษดีประสิทธิ์

    😝😝😝😝😝😝😝

  • @TruthFrequencyNews
    @TruthFrequencyNews 2 года назад

    How is the genetics of the queen related to infestation?

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад +3

      Good question! I have certain colonies that are genetically more hygienic and do a really Great job of mitigating the varroa mites by cleaning themselves… and I actually have colonies here that also seek out and destroy Verona mites!

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад +3

      I think over the winter I’ll plan to do a video on genetics!

    • @handsburyhoneybees893
      @handsburyhoneybees893 2 года назад +1

      A lot of people pay too much attention to the Internet. Randy Oliver. Scientific Bee Keeping has about 2000 counties. And only 100 of his are showing mite genetic traits. He even says there is no such thing is a mite resistant bee

    • @1768ify
      @1768ify 2 года назад +1

      @@handsburyhoneybees893 that’s a lot of counties! Autocorrect no doubt.

    • @TruthFrequencyNews
      @TruthFrequencyNews 2 года назад

      @@TheHoneystead please do! This is a serious problem and with so many not understanding, it is too easy to conflate the real reasons for bee depopulation. Knowing the truth and the remedies will help so many in the future.
      Thank you for the answer.

  • @jeffreyhurd7161
    @jeffreyhurd7161 2 года назад

    pour some honey on the eggs, that those chickens are working on

    • @jeffreyhurd7161
      @jeffreyhurd7161 2 года назад

      scrambled eggs, chees, and honey, get me out of bed...

  • @eranorion
    @eranorion 2 года назад

    Seeing alotta people with similar or WORSE results. Gettin serious these days. I monitor drop on boards after OA sublimation, every 2 months. Some have nothing, a few colonies have a few, thankgoodness.

  • @jeffreyhurd7161
    @jeffreyhurd7161 2 года назад

    honey chees omlet

  • @Swarmstead
    @Swarmstead 2 года назад

    The gerbil method. Jk 🙂

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад +2

      Oh lord lol

    • @Swarmstead
      @Swarmstead 2 года назад +1

      @@TheHoneystead I have bad ears. 😅

    • @AmericansBee
      @AmericansBee 2 года назад

      @@TheHoneystead oh shoot. You actually said gerbil method. Haha. Love it. Thanks for sharing.

  • @petrhoward
    @petrhoward 2 года назад

    Carbon monoxide works well, sad to say - thats the cheapest fix.

  • @toddyeske9069
    @toddyeske9069 Год назад

    I need talk to you I have no good internet I te4nt

  • @craigmuranaka8016
    @craigmuranaka8016 2 года назад

    Sorry this colony is infested 😡

  • @TheJim6226
    @TheJim6226 2 года назад

    If you're killing bees then that's hardly a suprise!!

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  2 года назад +4

      Yeah definitely sucks… but it’s necessary!

    • @brigittemiller5073
      @brigittemiller5073 2 года назад

      Unfortunately in order to truly check a mite load, a number of bees must be sacrificed to get a count. Treatment is recommended at 3% at this level we chose to treat to try to save the colony and potentially other colonies as well.

    • @AmericansBee
      @AmericansBee 2 года назад

      Yeah alcohol or dawn washes are really important!!! If you think anything else is better then let me give you my business card for spring nuc sales. Jk sorta. But this is how beekeeping has evolved. Learn it, do it and bee successfull.

  • @SirCamsmorethanalot
    @SirCamsmorethanalot 2 года назад

    That alcohol method is brutal and kills the bees plus stinks. Why don't you use the powdered sugar method which works as well and the bees survive? Also, no need to kill bees, place your lid and inner cover more gently - lot of squashed bees when inner cover slides into outer. Also, where's your smoker? Calms bees and keeps them out of your way and your face. As you get more comfortable with the bees, you'll lose the gloves which are super clumsy and kill lots of bees unintentionally.

    • @kaasman78
      @kaasman78 2 года назад +4

      Looks like you're spreading your infinite wisdom on this channel on various videos. No videos of your thriving colonies on your channel though. That's unfortunate. So many people out there are probably thirsting for your knowledge.
      You must be very fun to be around with. Your family and friend are probably benefitting from your facts, opinions and spontaneous advice. 🥱

    • @AmericansBee
      @AmericansBee 2 года назад

      Sugar isn't accurate and proven not reliable!!