AndyJThompson
New Bee
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2011
- Messages
- 89
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Long Sutton, Lincolnshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
I decided that today would be the day, so at 8 a.m I got my self all set up with OA and syringes and down to the 2 hives I have at home. Colony No.1 there was 5 seams of bees which I was slightly disappointed at but still pleased that the colony was still alive OA dribbled on and closed back up. Colony No.2 I was very surprised to see 9 seams of bees OA dribbled on and closed back up. All in all took me 5 mins from setting up to all being closed up and monitor trays in to see what sort of drop i get.
I then nipped of to my Mum's where I have another colony. I had been struggling with 2 wild collected colonies which had a big problem with Chalk Brood that I united into 1 colony so was pleasently surprised to see 6 seams no monitor tray fitted as its a home made OMF floor and I didn't include it in my design.
I have just been back to the 2 colonies at home and inspected the trays so 12 hours of treatment and here is the results:
Colony 1: 5 Seams of bee's 3 Mites in 12 hours
Colony 2: 9 Seams of bee's 20 Mites in 12 hours
I then nipped of to my Mum's where I have another colony. I had been struggling with 2 wild collected colonies which had a big problem with Chalk Brood that I united into 1 colony so was pleasently surprised to see 6 seams no monitor tray fitted as its a home made OMF floor and I didn't include it in my design.
I have just been back to the 2 colonies at home and inspected the trays so 12 hours of treatment and here is the results:
Colony 1: 5 Seams of bee's 3 Mites in 12 hours
Colony 2: 9 Seams of bee's 20 Mites in 12 hours