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- From: annallys Goodwin-Landher <annallys AT hotmail.com>
- To: Lewis Cauble <lewis AT hivebody.com>
- Cc: 'OCBA Listserv' <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Great
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:13:56 +0000
First, always look at the stakeholders in any organization. Here are those active in the Honey Bee Health Coalition Highlighted companies have an investment in continuing to poison insects including the honey bee. I didn't take the time to research all of the companies. All those highlighted are invested in the continuing use of pesticides. Please notice that no organic organization is listed.
the Agricultural Retailers Association -CropLife Canada -NOD Apiary Products
Second, google honey bee health. Monsanto comes up first,
Third, realize that the funding agencies for any research play with statistics. When I worked as a grunt in NIH research, the coding systems were "tweeked" changed three times to get a 40% enrollment rate rather than the actual 10% enrollment rate.
This happens all the time. What we in America call good solid research is often funded by the companies with a vested interest in outcomes and then appropriately manipulated for those outcomes
Fourth, In the USof A we create scapegoats for problems to distract us from the real problem inherent in the way our government promotes doing things. Varroa as the enemy, same as saying Islamist are the enemy, communists are the enemy, hippies are
the enemy, etc.
Educate yourself about how varroa operates but get off the soapbox that varroa's the enemy. If there's any enemy it's humankind and ongoing escalating use of more and stronger pesticides, crazy chemical based treatments for bees, and destruction of habitat
and forage.
Annallys Goodwin-Landher
annallys AT hotmail.com From: ocba <ocba-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org> on behalf of Lewis Cauble <lewis AT hivebody.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 8:46 AM Cc: 'OCBA Listserv' Subject: Re: [ocba] Great Below are the resources that I believe are very useful for beekeepers who appreciate evidence based/science based information:
http://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/varroa/ I believe this is one of the finest documents regarding varroa. Tons of information in an easy to read format and the resources section will take you to more good information. Must read!
http://articles.extension.org/pages/71172/honey-bee-viruses-the-deadly-varroa-mite-associates#.VAm9e0Dp8_c The HBHC document is a bit light on virus information, so use this article to fill in the gaps.
http://www.ask-force.org/web/Bees/Rosenkranz-Biology-Control-Varroa-2010.pdf Everything you want to or need to know regarding the biology of varroa. If you want to know your enemy, this is the place to get that info. Not an easy read but contains important info.
http://articles.extension.org/bee_health Good articles about bee health.
http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/pi/pdf/fieldguidetohoneybees.pdf A nice little pocket guide to bee diseases. Everyone should study the section on brood diseases and the section on varroa.
Lewis
From: ocba [mailto:ocba-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of Rob Cook
Hi Everyone,
Are there any papers out there, or someone's experience, with testing even on a weekly basis to know what the population dynamics of Varroa can be?
How does temperature, or other physical conditions of the hive, affect them?
Is there any bait for them? I am new to all this so just learning.
Rob Crook
On Monday, March 14, 2016 7:22 PM, Walter Starks <walterstarks AT icloud.com> wrote:
IMO, not testing for Varroa is a mistake. I can perhaps understand not testing thousands of hives, but I think a random sampling should be done. For hobby beekeepers there really isn’t any reason not to test. It’s the best way to know if your treatments are working before the hive dies out.
I test mine in early spring, mid summer after removing supers and in the early fall. If I treat I’ll test again when the treatment is finished.
Treatment schedules are variable depending on whether or not you plan to harvest honey, treatment used, etc. Randall has a very good article here with details.
Right now is a good time to test and treat (if needed).
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Walter Starks
You never can tell with bees. ~ Winnie-the-Pooh
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