Recent content by john t

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Dani those mite drop numbers ,how many treatments have carried out so far ? my plan is to do 3 treatments 5 days apart ,then i will do a count to see if a further vape is required john t

Slugs, earwigs, ants, but most of all the wasps have caused me the biggest problem this year, i have lost several nucs due to wasp overload:hairpull:

That is a good point , my frames are cold way and i do get good coverage with the method im using, as beefriendly says, vape into a void will distribute the vapours better, vaping in the entrance under the frames is certainly straight forward and very effective, although i have now adopted the...

if you are looking for an easy method for vaporisation this is what i do, at the rear of all my hives i have a numbered hive ID disc with an 8mm hole drilled behind, i vaporise through this, simply swivel the disc to access the hole and vaporise straight in, last night under torch light i...

Hi Steve, good to know you have the varroa under control using the Gas-vap it has been so busy over the last few months, beetradex was a fantastic day, we sold out by lunch time,and it was great to chat to a few of the forum members

i treated a swarm this afternoon it was raining slightly it took about a minute from start to finish, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqRyO4PQeto&t=9s hope this helps john t

they are on national and the rest of our hives are 14x12 so cant even give them a fame eggs to build a viable QC. have you thought about cutting a piece of comb with a few eggs from one of your 14x12 frames and inserting it into the frame of the Q- colony, ? bee-smillie

if it were me i would let your brother in law use the hive, its not worth arguing,if he in not a beekeeper ask him if he needs help with them.

welcome to the wonderful world of beekeeping certainly do not feed when there is a honey flow or you will contaminate your honey with syrup as you are near osr you are likely to be be able too spin now as flowering is almost coming to the end, just do the shake test on the frames ,if any...

i have to say i am a fan of snelgrove and have been using his methods for many years never had any problems, if a frame of unsealed brood is left with the queen and all the flying bees they are unlikely to abandon the unsealed brood, well thats the theory

most of us will have run out of prepared equipment at some point, from what you have described you have exceptional prolific healthy bees and with the early spring conditions its a perfect storm ,im sure there will be a lot of early swarms about in the next few weeks,good you spotted those...

Beebopper thats an excellent summary the idea of a patent had crossed my mind, but i wanted to put it out in the public domain for several reasons varroa is the biggest enemy of our bee population in my opinion and if this device can help beekeepers keep control of the pest it will be my...

Admin, i do understand your position on deleting my posts so no problem, a pm would have been useful contributors to the threads, your views have been taken into consideration, even though i may not agree 100 % i do value your input, and i will certainly make adjustments to my approach in...

what im trying to get across is the gasvap is just another way to apply OA on its own it is copper pipe, used with a blowtorch and approved product it kills varroa, as with any chemical you must take appropriate safety precautions so if OA vaporisation is thought to be highly dangerous why is...