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Category - varroa mites

varroa mites

Oxalic acid best practices: safely treat for varroa

9 months ago
26 Comments
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Opposing views of mite management: data vs date

4 years ago
38 Comments
5 min read
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The mites are the same old mites

5 years ago
22 Comments
5 min read
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Using oxalic acid vaporization when brood is present

5 years ago
70 Comments
7 min read
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Treat your bees, but hold the lithium

5 years ago
59 Comments
5 min read
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It’s not about mites any more

6 years ago
90 Comments
9 min read
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English for beekeepers • varroa mites

Varroa: a mite by any other name

6 years ago
18 Comments
5 min read
Randy Oliver's varroa mite treatment using a mixture of oxalic acid and glycerine.
varroa mites

How to use oxalic acid & glycerin strips for varroa

6 years ago
171 Comments
6 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
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Varroa mite hitching a ride, staying alive

6 years ago
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3 min read
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Prevent resistance to miticides: rotate your treatments

7 years ago
27 Comments
7 min read
Varroa mite inside a hive. Pixabay
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August is a critical time for mite management

7 years ago
93 Comments
4 min read
Oxalic-acid
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How to torch your hive with an oxalic acid vaporizer

7 years ago
63 Comments
6 min read
Varroa mites have many ways of moving from one colony of honey bees to another.
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7 common methods of varroa mite transmission

7 years ago
32 Comments
4 min read
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Are we obsessed with Varroa mites?

7 years ago
69 Comments
4 min read
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Absconding bees or death by Varroa?

7 years ago
132 Comments
9 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
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Video: Oxalic acid trickling

8 years ago
40 Comments
1 min read
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