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!
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!
@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.
Probably because he didn't want powder sugar on his honey frames.
jqmaher 5 months ago
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!
itsYawnMatt 6 months ago
Use a bee brush to brush the powder down into the frames, off the top of them.
pauswa1966 1 year ago
@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....
TheSedwardsm 1 year ago
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.
WhatAchickado 2 years ago
Thanks for posting ... starting a couple of indiana hobby hives this coming spring, any tips?
lonewulf44 3 years ago