Varroa Mite is Here To Stay - Australia Moving To Management | The Bush Bee Man

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• JO

  @johnnyleach7152 · 1 year ago

  Keeping bees w varoa is a completely diffrent game, better get a mite wash kit and oxalic acid vaporizer.

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• DA

  @danhardin7243 · 6 months ago

  Beeweaver in Texas has a superior queen that produces superior bees that are not effected by varroa mites or their diseases!!!

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• KA

  @KayiFarmJaHoneyBees · 3 years ago

  Hey BBM, never doubt you will surely be ahead in this fight. Just take this time to monitor your hives to understand your colonies that manage the mites throughout your seasons. Breed from queen that show better mite management. Randy Oliver has this program in place where any colonies that results in 5+ consecutive mite washes of zero in the season become breeder queens. But remember to still maintain diversity, so choice many breed queens. it's not a quick fix but a race for the consistent beekeeper.

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• MA

  @martasoltyszewska9458 · 3 years ago

  Biggest change is in beekeepers minds, and investing more time to treat the problem …

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• RI

  @riaandewinnaar5040 · 3 years ago

  South African bees are aggressive cleaners and also swarm regularly. Varroa mite is not a problem here. We are not allowed to treat.

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• MI

  @michelleadams1210 · 3 years ago

  Thanks Mark, at least you&apos;ve been looking at this situation in a PROactive way. I appreciate your time and effort in seeking out and sharing useful info for us all. <br>Go have a beer now!! Cheers!!

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• AM

  @amandawilcox1629 · 3 years ago

  do the sugar shaker test once a week. I do that here in New Zealand

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• ST

  @SteveMayne-z7n · 2 months ago

  You nailed it, it&apos;s shit. Here on the East coast close to &nbsp;ground zero, can&apos;t stop them, all the love care and management isn&apos;t working. 3 years of start again and get wiped to. Good Luck. Steve

• MI

  @mickbennett4742 · 3 years ago

  Cheers Mark your work is Very Much appreciated indeed, I personally have learnt a lot from you, I only have two hives but so far so good for my first season, keep smashing away and with a bit of Aussie luck we will all get through this I&apos;m in Tassie but from SA out thoughts are with you Guys big time.

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• VE

  @vernakruckow6968 · 3 years ago

  Just tracked David at Barnyard Bee&apos;s as he seems to have a good handle on varroa treatment. He lies in between 34 and 35 degrees north, so if we translate that to the southern hemisphere, it&apos;s the line from Wollongong, Griffiths, Mildura, Adelaide, Port Lincoln and Albany. So anyone along that line would pretty much have a lot of the groundwork done for them. They just need the powers that bee, to get their finger out and get some treatments authorised

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• BR

  @brettellis1837 · 3 years ago

  12 weeks the bees will not know what hit them.

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• DA

  @DavePearce-vm4xy · 1 year ago

  Funny how the day rumours it was Newcastle, that night 5 semi loads went north that night ,