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I had a queen get superceeded in September and got a bit worried that the new queen wouldn’t get mated. Got in the colony on Wednesday and thanks to a helpful member of the association, we saw eggs! I’ll get in the hive later this week and see her progress. Here’s hoping she’s making some strong winter bees! The picture trick definitely made it easier to see them too. Hope everyone had a good weekend!
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Hello- I was at the monthly HOCOBA meeting yesterday and recall Dave saying there was something in particular he uses at Thanksgiving to treat for varroa. Does anyone remember what he recommends? Thanks
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Does anyone else have the issue of their queens already stopped laying eggs? Just checked on them sept 1st and there were no eggs or larvae in either hive. I didn’t see either queen either, but there’s been a few times when i couldn’t find her.
They may reduce brood at this time of year but generally there are a few brood being raised. If you treated for varroa with some of the organic chemical that can cause them to abscond if it is hot with full treatments. One of my mentees treated with a full dose of apiguard 3+ weeks ago causing two of his hives to abscond. The bees that remained were those that have emerged since then and no queen or chance of queen rearing. you should be see some brood. I have two hives that are experiencing chalk brood right now so there are lots of eggs but very little capped brood.
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I made a circular calendar to help answer that question:
https://create.plandisc.com/wheel/showPublic/vDacvp6
I used the Maryland resource to create the calendar:
https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/plants/wildflowers/html/wildflowerslist.html
OA oxalic acid . During that time of the year the hive is broodless and OA can be very effective. You need to apply it on a relatively warm day such that the hive is not clustered to tightly. I like to hit my three times during that time of the year with OA vapor bringing the hive to close to no mites as possible. I find the OA vapor to have a near 90% efficacy based on the mite drop during treatment; so three treatments get near a 99.9% reduction in mites. Be careful using the OA dribble although I have never used I have heard on line where multiple treatments can be damaging to the colony.