The bees and the mites

One thing a beekeeper faces in this day and age is the relentless killer, the Varroe Mite. This mite was first discovered in 1987, was brought here from Europe and has reeked havoc on our honeybee population ever since. Setting up a treatment protocol is a beekeepers best defense against this deadly killer of our honeybee populations. Treatments are improving all the time but while doing my research it seems that a staggered approach as well as using a variety of methods is best not to allow the mites to build up resistance to one treatment type.

The formic acid treatment is our first treatment followed by two others staggered over time.

Our approah to this is so we can see frames like this one, a healthy queen and her healthy brood!