Defeating the Monster
Randy Oliver's Varroa Model Yesterday I treated all of my hives with oxalic acid vapour using a Sublimox device plugged into a generator. The generator was a gift from a friend who I have helped out with bees over the…
Tag: Varroa
Bee Farmers: What do you fear?
Extracts from my interviews with bee farmers about the main threats to their livelihood
Important Varroa Research
I have just been directed to this by hivemaker on the beekeeping forum (Peter Little) and it really is groundbreaking stuff. It seems extremely likely from this work that the varroa mites feed on the bees' fat body material rather…
Managing the Mighty Mites
Gosh, it's been a long time since I wrote a blog post. Perhaps I have some sloth DNA somewhere in me. Maybe long ago a wayward walrus mated with a sloth and generations later the characteristics of our three-toed slow-moving…
Enter the Beekeeper
To me, the bee season never seems to last very long. I’m already thinking about winter holidays and it’s still August. Perhaps this has something to do with all the rain we have had in my area over the last…