Today I put in the Apivar strips, two strips in each box. I also fed them 3 pails of syrup. The strips will come off in 42 days...around November 2nd, but not sooner. Heres a video of the process!
Monday, September 21, 2020
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Sept 17, 2020 - Counting Mites!
On Sept 1st, we removed the remaining supers and fed the bees three pails of syrup. On Sept 4th I removed the syrup pails. Today, the 17th, I counted mites...27 of them! That's by far the most I've ever seen in my years of doing this.
The top box should have 8 frames full of honey, and one partial in the center. Ours currently has 5-6 full frames. The center box should have 4 frames of honey...ours has none. Most of them are empty, have a little bit of honey, or are full of brood.
I ordered some Apivar strips from Amazin, $39.95 for a 10 pack, arriving tomorrow!
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