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Thymol-based treatments used for Varroa control can have some results, but they must be used in a wider treatment scheme and without cutting the regular oxalic sublimation

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With Spring upon us, syrup stimulations are a must if you wish to kickstart your hives, but keep in mind to feed it only inside the hives, and don't even think to leave the syrup outdoors

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Solar wax melters can be a really cheap alternative to the regular wax melting methods, but as with anything that's really convenient, the return is usually not the same as the usual process

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A strong plant-based stimulant, Protofil is or should be widely used by beekeepers, especially during Spring syrup stimulations, to treat against Nosema and to vitalise the colonies

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If you wish to kickstart your bees, as soon as good temperatures arrive in spring, you'll have to stimulate your bees constantly with 1:3 syrup once every 3 days

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Tiny little predators, the pseudoscorpions are more common than you might imagine, and if you wish to capture some for your apiary search under the bark or damp leaves in forests

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Although pseudoscorpions have a huge appetite and might look like the perfect predators against the Varroa, they mostly feed on mites that have already fallen off the bees on the bottom board

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Cleaning your frames of wax bits It's not an easy job, and the risks of damaging them are high if you scrape them so the best way to do it is with hot water

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One of the fastest ways to clean your frames is to place them inside boiling water So the wax easily melts off, but keep in mind that prolonged boiling might affect the wood

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With Spring just around the corner, it's really important to make a plan for treatments, and although alternative methods work somehow, nothing is better than a 21-day OA treatment

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If a hive lost its queen during winter, wait for the first sunny day with mild temperatures, and unify it with a smaller one by using the newspaper technique and an onion

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When your apiary is hit with heavy snow, you don't need to panic, and the only thing you have to do is to make sure the bees have enough air by cleaning their entrances

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Unless your local weather is really extreme, wintering your bees inside may pose More risks and headaches than help with your wintering process

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If you choose to get out the frames so the bees gather what honey is left on them, it's really important to make the setup as far as you can from the apiary (50+meters)

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As you know by now, I'm not a fan of open feedings, and in my opinion, it's better to choose methods that somehow deliver the syrup directly inside the colony

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Without any doubt, the electric embedding of honeycomb sheets is the best practice, but you'll have to be really careful with the process since you can melt a sheet pretty fast

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RNA-based anti-varroa treatments are likely to become one of the strongest future alternatives to the miticides and insecticides used today against Varroa

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Crafting honeycomb candles can quickly become a good source of income for beekeepers, but for that to happen, you really need to have patience and understand that they are not easy to make

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I began to love those types of crown boards that allow beekeepers to feed their bees without disrupting the peace of that colony but I still think they are not ok for wintering with