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- From: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>
- To: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ocba] VSH Beekeeping in Carrboro
- Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:49:56 -0400
For beekeepers who are interested in alternative approaches to varroa control you might be interested in my ongoing experience with two VSH nucs that I installed late this spring. I did my first sugar shake test July 29 on the weakest hive - Hive 2. I found 5 varroa. A lot fewer than I had expected given the number of ‘in-cell’ varroa found during my dissection of a chunk of burr comb (drone comb) in mid-July. After the sugar shake, I sent a message to my VSH nuc supplier. His response is included below. He agrees with Lewis. Varroa free colonies are a pipe dream - diligent monitoring is required. Rainy days and other things have delayed my planned sugar shake on Hive 1 so I don’t yet know what’s going on there. I hope to get to it sometime next week or shortly thereafter. I’ll let you know what I find. -John
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- [ocba] VSH Beekeeping in Carrboro, John Rintoul, 08/05/2014
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