Category Archives: mites

Beekeeping tips for October

Beekeeping tips for October
Originally by Jim Orem and Ginger Davidson, edited by R. Ellenson October is another critical month for honeybees, as we are rapidly losing daylight and the overnight temps are dipping into the 50's. The amount of forage available will depend largely on where you are located as well as what the fall weather brings. You might…
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Alcohol wash to get a mite count in a beehive

Alcohol wash to get a mite count in a beehive
Originally submitted by J. Morgan in 2013Revised Jun. 17, 2017 by Karen Ferguson to provide the latest info on alcohol washes blessed by SIBA. When I lost what I considered my best hive over the winter of 2013, I sent a sample of these bees to the Beltsville bee lab. It came back with a…
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SIBA Makes Mite Washing kits to Raffle off at Summer Meetings

Submitted by J. Morgan A group of SIBA members, advocating the importance of beekeepers knowing their mite infestations, gathered together to create our version of a mite wash kit. It's a fact that most colony deaths are the result of varroa mites. Mites secretly build when the beekeeper isn't looking causing not only colony mortality,…
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