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Treating A Honey Bee Hive For Mites With Powder Sugar

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Uploaded by on Aug 26, 2008

By placing powder sugar in a honey bee hive, the mites lose their ability to stay attached to bees and fall out the bottom. Watch this video and I'll show you how to do it!

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  • Probably because he didn't want powder sugar on his honey frames.

  • David, in your video you put powered sugar on the two bottom boxes but not the top - was there a particular reason not to do that in general or just in this case? Thanks!

  • Use a bee brush to brush the powder down into the frames, off the top of them.

  • @WhatAchickado It sounds like your bees have tracheal mites.....you need to use a menthol treatment for your bees...this is a very serious mite so dont waste anytime....

  • Hi I have a very important question from my dad, He is going to give his bees a type of vitamin because the bees cannot fly and look weak. I don't know what it is..he wanted to know what sugars would be ok to mix the medicine with. Please I need your advice.

  • Thanks for posting ... starting a couple of indiana hobby hives this coming spring, any tips?

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