Mentorship program update November 2023 – Hive inspection and Varroa testing۔ Mufti Muhammad Zubair. All beehive materials assembled and in use. This project is kindly supported by FO4ACP in partnership with Fiji Beekeepers Association.
By John Caldeira Amitraz is a low-cost and highly effective way to control varroa mites in bee hives if used correctly. This note describes a method that has worked well for me.
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 …
Amitraz is world-recognized as one of the world’s most effective and safest treatments for the control of varroa mites on honeybees. It is now registered for use in Fiji for control of varroa. It is available at low cost from AgChem, Fiji’s premier agricultural chemical supply company.
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 …
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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).
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 14th November to 18th November 2022
A few institutions created a survey to measure the the level of knowledge and awareness of Good Beekeeping Practices. Apimondia asks that beekeepers consider taking this survey to help the research. The survey only takes 8 minutes as is at this link: https://forms.gle/CUKaZLYaP5EtGGJe9
During the past few years, more than half the apiaries in Fiji that became infected with AFB only lost one or two hives because it was diagnosed early and the hives were destroyed. However, some apiaries lost five or more hives, a few more than 10, and one apiary lost 25(!) hives. Most were preventable losses.
Part 2 of our series featuring the Fiji Beekeepers Association sees us traveling to Tavua for a Beekeeping Symposium with Zainal Khan, where he talks about Destructive Bee Diseases like American Foulbrood Disease and Varroa Jacobsoni
