Friday night meeting was held technical " varroa control: technology bee treatments combined with the plan to combat .
Dr. George's widow has exposed the situation. nothing new medicines on the front, despite the worsening situation, the beekeeper are available the same tools, with the aggravating circumstance of uncertainty over the fate of oxalic acid.
we are in a paradoxical situation, which has much the flavor of the socket .... in essence, after the necessary red tape (September? 2011? Still do not know), practically nothing will change, we will continue to use the oxalic acid (with the method drained) with the substantial difference that what is paid € 06.07 per kg, tomorrow will pay € 0.60 for 35 grams.
no drug ready to use, how it would be reasonable to think in order to avoid errors in the preparation by the beekeeper, but a packet of oxalic acid dissolved in a pint of sugar syrup.
but to the marketing of the product, no oxalic acid in beekeeping. and the bees? let them die as long as the ministry did not give a move? On the technical front
bees, in addition to traditional methods of struggle (Block of brood by various methods of caging of the queen), Dr. the widow has proposed putting a swarm of families.
a technique I had already put in place a few days.
July 1, in fact, after the visit I decided to share a strong family in two.
in position I left with only the queen comb stocks (and the bees), the bees and comb foundations to provide space for deposition.
nuclei in a door I put all the brood combs with bees and have fed. A posteriori the use of the core was not a great idea, it would be better to put everything directly in the hive.
for logistical reasons I could not take away the private door, leaving it in a beehive surely some bee moved to the location of origin, but overall the bulk of the bees stayed with the brood.
at this point I found myself with a part of the family and without brood in the unique position to not be treated with oxalic acid.
while the other half I left her to her fate. if the production of a new queen went well, I will have two cores that should have the time to reinforce and be winter, otherwise I get a bit 'of bees to be distributed to reinforce the other families.
to be reckoned also among 21 groups (24 in the presence of male brood, but you could even remove) the second core will be in a position ideal not to be treated with oxalic acid.
yesterday, I did an inspection, checking the status of families and I have noticed the presence in the nucleus was without a queen, a number of real cells, I proceeded to select the best and delete others.
while the core with the queen, as forecast, the clutch is good and fresh is already present.
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