John Caldeira recently completed a very useful and enlightening experiment on using Apistan strips to treat a 2nd bee colony. The summary and link to the full study: “In this experiment, Apistan strips that had been previously used per label instructions for a 6-week treatment were applied a second time in four other beehives that […]
For Varroa Control , Fiji Beekeepers Association is selling Apistan strips at subsidized price of $20 a pack. Each pack has 10 strips which will treat 5 hives. Two strips per hive as per label instruction. Limited packs available so first come first serve basis. Maximum 5 packs per farmer. Please CALL Zainal Khan at 8647869
Apistan strips at subsidized price of $20 a pack – 2022 Read More »
Beekeepers are invited to attend training classes with a group of professional NZ beekeepers on use of Oxyllic Acid for Varroa treatment and American foulbrood disease treatment. Training is scheduled from tomorrow(14th November to 18th November).
Beekeeping can be a fascinating hobby, a profitable sideline, or a full-time occupation. You may want to keep bees for the delicious fresh honey they produce, for the benefits of their valuable services as pollinators, or perhaps simply for the enjoyment of learning more about one of nature’s most interesting insects.
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Papua New Guinean beekeepers have suffered from the same species of varroa 10 years longer than Fijians, so we can learn from the PNG experience. Anecdotal evidence from PNG suggests substantial negative impacts on honey production. In the early years, untreated in PNG, it caused bee colony deaths estimated at 60% – 90% in some
As discussed in the post about Varroa Mites, here is a cheap and easy way to make your own sticky boards.
Last week I was surprised by the high varroa mite counts in several apiaries in the Rakiraki area.
I have uploaded each chapter of `A Guide to Beekeeping in the Tropics’ with Gavin McKenzie to YouTube for everyone to see fast and simply. It is easiest followed from this playlist.
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This is a TOUGH one! In my opinion, the most important chapter in the 1992 EXTENSIVELY REVISED edition of THE HIVE AND HONEY BEE is Chapter 8, by Dr. Norm Gary and it is all about BEE BEHAVIOR, or as I call it, “thinking like a bee”. Most readers of the 1300+ pages of the
