It was warm today so bees were flying which is good to see. I walked to my out apiary and checked the boards under most hives and varroa levels after 2 days varied from almost none to around 100. From daily measurements I had taken in previous years, I would expect a similar number of varroa to fall over the next 3 or 4 days to what's fallen so far.
I don't usually use Apivar but did get a pack of strips this year for interests sake and it was noticable that the colonies that had been treated with it all had a very low varroa count and those that were treated with Apiguard or Apilife Var (both thymol treatments) did not necessarily have low varroa counts.
I don't usually use Apivar but did get a pack of strips this year for interests sake and it was noticable that the colonies that had been treated with it all had a very low varroa count and those that were treated with Apiguard or Apilife Var (both thymol treatments) did not necessarily have low varroa counts.
May your bees read the same books as you do.