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Wally, you continue to amaze me!

The new site looks great and navigation of the site is impressive,
love the choice of access links on the homepage.
I thank you so much for all the time you donated to improving our site.

Thank you Wally!

I'm looking forward to checking out the new site!

Thought I would share some pictures of my snow covered hives. My hives are sitting on cement blocks. http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc330/Starlight4258/Snow%2009/snowonhives12-19-1.jpg More picture links http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc330/Starlight4258/Snow%2009/Friday12-18-09.jpg http://i...

Jacobs & Wally, my sentiments exactly! I'm not willing to take 90-100 percent losses if treatments that are qualified as organic are somewhat effective and available. I don't agree that we should ignore the problem we caused. Glenn Apiaries breeder queens are instrumentally inseminated and a lit...

I agree with ski, This is the wrong time of year to have hive top feeders above your bees. The temperature of the syrup is too cold for the bees to take it. Plus, the syrup will cause more condensation inside the hive possibly dripping on the clustering bees, wetting them. Bees getting wet this time...

I did another count on the hives with high mite counts, all but 1 looks better! Most of the hives improved by 50%. The count on hive# 9 went up. Aug 28 mite counts.................Oct 26 mite counts .......Oct 28 mite counts......Nov 6 counts Before treatment ................... After treatment .......

ski,
Thank you for posting this info.
Great timing.
I'm out, planning to buy more tomorrow.
It takes a LOT of sugar to make fall sugar syrup,
2 parts sugar to 1 part water.

MAQS™ almost sounds too good to be true!

This new generation of Varroa control works by not only killing Varroa on the bees, MAQS™ targets the next generation of mites before they even emerge, killing them directly were they live and breed. It is effective, killing over 95% of Varroa under the cap. General distribution is being targeted fo...

The re-count looks better but, still not great counts! Aug 28 mite counts.................Oct 22 mite counts.........Oct 28 mite counts Before treatment ................... After treatment ................. Re-count (24 hr count) ....................... (72 hr count)..................( 48 hr count) ...

I didn't get an opportunity to remove the count sheets today,
it has rained all day.
I will post results tomorrow, as soon as I get them.
NOT impressed with ApiLife Var at this time!

Aug 28 mite counts.................Oct 26 mite counts Before treatment................... After treatment hive# 7- 15 mites .................hive# 7- 8 mites hive# 8- 93 mites .................hive# 8- 112 mites hive# 9- 131 mites ...............hive# 9- 65 mites hive# 10- 130 mites .............hiv...

Thanks Ski, I don't think I can use the Apiguard this late in the year in my area. The lows here are well below 60, most nights are 40's to low 50's . We got down to 30 overnight about a week ago! Thanks Wally, I'm considering the fogging method. another friend suggested doing a short treatment with...

If anyone have any ideas, thoughts or suggestions on a method
that could help bring down the mite loads this time of year,
without harming the bees of course.
Please share!!

Aug 28 mite counts.................Oct 22 mite counts Before treatment ................... After treatment hive# 1- 43 mites .................hive# 1- 41 mites hive# 2- 55 mites .................hive# 2- 2 mites hive# 3- 2 mites ...................hive# 3- 4 mites hive# 4- 30 mites ....................

Check out the Recorded Webinars at Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Video Library.
One on preparing your hive for Winter, with Kim Flottum!

http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com//R ... Videos.asp

The weather is cold and very windy here so,
it will be a few days before I get the mite counts.

I will post the results as soon as possible.

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/ ... et_ant.htm

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef442.asp

http://ipm.ncsu.edu/current_ipm/03PestN ... ident.html

Ski, sounds like a great presentation.

When are you planning to give the presentation for Guilford County Beekeepers ??

Ski, I agree with you. The goal should be to have healthy bees going into winter! Saturday 10/ 17 the treaments on hives #2, #5, #6, #8, #9 & #10 will be complete. The rainy weather did not allow 10X powdered sugar dusting on the hives so, I decided to add 1 ApiLife Var wafer in each of the hiv...