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Standard check of free fall of mites with the use of sticky board.in experimental hive 23 of August

New measurement showed, that the number of Varroa mites in families increased radically, as it should be in early autumn. The number of bees become smaller, the number of brood also, and the number of mites become more and more ... Over the past 50 days of measurement, the number of mites in control families has increased from 5 to 15 times, while in our experimental hive only 1.8 times. Over the entire measurement period from late May to late August, that is, for almost three months, with 9-11 brood frames almost all the time, the mites population increased only 2.7 times. We really hope that this is a good result !!!

Usage of Apivox Smart Monitor in pavilion

Monitoring of the state of experimental hive using Apivox Smart Monitor app showed the working state of the family. The quantity of brood become significantly smaller and the work prevails. All families switched to the autumn mode of life ... The measurement was carried out through the lattice ceiling of the hive, almost like through the textile coverage of the frames. When placed in a pavilion at an altitude of more than 2 meters, this is the only convenient variant of measurement.

Standard check of free fall of mites with the use of sticky board.in experimental hive 12 of August

August 12, 2019

We continue monitoring of the mite population in our families - in experimental hive and control hives. The results inspire hope.

As always, we carried out standard checks of free fall of mites with the use of sticky board. Weather was cold enough - in the morning - about + 7С, then during  the day time, it warmed up to + 20С. The bees flew well, and carried yellow pollen.

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The results are :

experimental hive

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The difficulty in controlling of mites population in our case, is that with a low initial mites population, its growth is minimal and it is difficult to determine it reliably. As can be seen from the graph (Economic Threshold for Varroa on the Canadian Prairies by Dr. Rob Currie, University of Manitoba, Dept. of Entomology, Winnipeg Manitoba, R3T 2N2 Updated May26, 2008), it is almost smooth if you start to control the mites population, with minimal initial quantity. But, this is a matter of scale ...

So, from mid-May till mid-August our experimental hive show good results of averaged free fall of mites per day...  

The quantity become less !!!!  and not higher, as it is shown on the previous graph !!!