Beekeeping Is All About How To Control Mites | Treat or Not To Treat?

I'm gonna murder them 300 everytime. I've been doing an alcohol washes every month for the past year on my 20 hives to get a feel of how well my OAV treatments work. I do 2g OAV 3-4 days apart 6-7 times. Works pretty well for me so far. I'll be sharing my results soon in a video.

Thank you David. Are there temperature restrictions? Will this get mites in capped frames?

Thanks for another great video. It is so important to follow the science. I got so much bad advice about mites from fellow beekeepers when I first started out. It is one issue beekeepers typically seem to have very strong opinions and try to convince you to do the same. I appreciate your factual approach and encouragement for beekeepers to discover what works for their hives. Looking forward to the next one!

Amitraz strips no longer work in my area. Commercial guys around here still use smuggled off label Amitraz 20% dilution. Mites have developed resistance.

I used formic pro last year seemed ok this year I put it in went out the next morning lots of dead bees so I pulled them out. Have you ever had that happen?

I enjoy the content your making and wanted to ask, in honor of Varro mite control, is your mite control course included in the ultimate beekeeping course?

Great video David! I’m getting ready to swap a solid bottom board for a screened, I got rushed and had to throw a solid on this spring. also start brood cycle break tomorrow. My three hives drawn out their GDC and I have been waiting for them to be layed in all the sudden, bang they filled them full of nectar. So I’ll pull them and give them fresh GDC frames. Great video, thank you for clarifying treatments. I myself would like to be armed with better information on that subject. We will be anxiously awaiting your next video. have a blessed day.

Hope you do the same for all the other treatments, because that was clear and very informative. Thankyou

I cannot see any mites after taking photos of each frame and studying each bee. Should I do the powder test anyway? I live in very arid dry desert region.

What about outside temperatures some can't be used if it to hot

Dear David,
I know it takes a lot of time editing and coming up with the script and ideas for these videos. I appreciate you doing all this hard work and I love your videos wish you got paid Millions to do it because you're worth it. Don't ever forget there's hardcore fans out there that love you to death wish you all the best brother thank you thank you thank you.

Thank you David for a good lesson. Hoping you and Sherri have a safe and wonderful Independence Day. 🇺🇸

didn't see the glove link

How long do I do a brood break for using OA vape and is it legal now to use with supers on. Some say no, some sat yes.

Apivar failed me last year. I won't use it again

Thank you brother.

Thank you!

Thank you David! I bought your beekeeping class and it's given me the confidence to think about how to deal with the various issues and hopefully make good decisions. I am just in my first beekeeping season and both of my nucs swarmed within 2 weeks of installation, I decided to feed them and let them be bees. In the last week, both colonies now have laying queens. While I was waiting for the new queens to emerge, I had been thinking about how I would deal with mites when I start having laying queens again. I started wondering if swarming isn't so bad, sure you lose half of your colony but you get a fresh queen and in the process, you also break the brood cycle of the mites. Now that I have queens again, I think I will start with a powder sugar roll to see how bad the mite situation is. I did put a green drone combs in my hives, so I hope they do get drawn out soon. My colonies have screen bottom boards and I have plenty of powdered sugar. I did pick up some apivar, which I think if these methods you taught in your class do not work, I will move toward... We will see. Thank you!

Ha David good video I am using apivar this month for mites I like it because it does not make the queen quit laying we have a short window here we are in a dearth and when she shuts down it is hard to get her going again we have no far flow where I am and I know the bees born in aug are the ones who will be caring for my fat bees born in sept The hives have to be strong for winter. Oh u forgot to put the link for the gloves u were using Thanks Have a good 4th

Dave, thanks for your videos. I look forward for the videos on different treatment options.

Thank you for the video it has eased my mind about using the Avipar product. I found your demonstration to be very helpful.

What do you know about CBPV? I have 2 new nucs this year and they both seem to have the virus.

I've been wanting to ask you if you think there's more mites and more mite problems in areas where there's less water than other areas?

Thank you.

Good afternoon David, what is the coupon code for the 4th of July sale? I am trying to purchase the 6 course bundle.

You don’t murder them, but sacrifice them for the good for the colony.

To bee clean , There is no such thing as organic honey .No one can control what your bees are collecting .

What about the honey stored in the brood boxes. if you have to pull the supers??.

while googleing bees and bee packages.... i ran into a bee i'd never heard of. the saskatraz bee. suposedly, they have been specifically bred to be mite resistent. i don't think that meana you never have to worry about checking and treating your hives. but it's an interesting theory. the queens are geneticaly bred to be resistent. thus her offspring will be more resistent. what do you think david?

New beekeeper here…do you have to take the honey supers off for all of the chemical mite treatments?

Tired to sign up yesterday for all 6 courses and it kept saying there was an error and didn't complete the order.

Thanks David for taking the time explaining these chemicals.

hey david I have a question my dad back in the day never treated for mites or any thing and his bee's did great every year we had plenty of honey he just left them alone, what did bee's do before people came in the picture about mites, and what about wild bee's in tree trunks how do they deal with mites. great videos

Thanks for the videos

Apivar is good, but their packaging is terrible. Why not sell 12 packs, 3 sealed packs of 4. Much less waste. BTW, you do not have to remove them after 42 days.

Hey David......looking for the link to the Amazon gloves you mention in this video, Thanks

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Would you ever put these in right before you wrap them up for winter and remove in the spring?

Very informative, thank you. Are there Natural ways like Essential Oil treatments to deter Mites?

Hey David you are the best. Thank you so much. Lex From Alberta Canada.

Hello David great video. I have been hearing good things about Apiguard so this year I tried it for the first time. I was not happy with it at all but I know every hive is different and weather , location etc . Was just checking to see if you have tried it or not ? . I have got a little behind on your video’s but catching up now . THANKS

Could you do the a video on tropi mites? I know they aren’t hear yet but what do we do when they arrive?

Who walked by? LOL

Newbie. here - about to receive a top bar nuc - and wondering if you have to remove the honey when using these treatments, how could you do that with a top bar hive?

Is pulling off your honey super to protect humans or bees consumption of honey? In other words if I don't use my honey to eat can I leave the honey super on?

I put four Apavar strips last weekend and didn't remove the Honey supers . I was thinking there wasn't any need in it since I wasn't going to harvest the honey this year. Is it bad for the bees to eat that honey ? Will that honey be unsafe for me to harvest next spring if any is left ?

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Why aren't you using medical Nitrile Gloves David. They are much nicer than them big bags you have on... 😁

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Does anyone in the Bee community not treat?