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- From: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>
- To: Lewis Cauble <lewis.cauble AT ncagr.gov>, Randall Austin <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>
- Cc: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 10:47:24 -0500
Lewis and Randall, I inspected the 2 OCBA demonstration hives at Carrboro High School yesterday. Varroa counts were 0 and 2. These hives were treated twice last fall. First with thymol (Apiguard). But a post treatment varroa test indicated that the varroa count was still too high so I retreated with formic (MAQS). In the hive with 0 varroa I found several small, deformed, ghost bees (see below). Clearly there is something going on. I suspect that these ghost bees didn’t overwinter. Last fall’s varroa treatments knocked down the varroa numbers, but some deforming disease appears to have survived the winter. I would welcome comments from OCBA’s Master Beekeepers and varroa experts on what might be going on and a best guess as to the prognosis for this hive. Brood pattern and quantity was good. Bee coverage was good, so I am cautiously optimistic. But if there is something that I need to do to eliminate being overrun by ghost bees, let me know. Thanks. ![]() ![]() ![]() John Rintoul (919) 414-4071 (M) |
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[ocba] Small, ghostly bees,
John Rintoul, 02/19/2017
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Re: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees,
Todd Walker, 02/19/2017
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Walter Starks, 02/19/2017
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Re: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees,
John Rintoul, 02/19/2017
- Re: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees, Marty Hanks, 02/19/2017
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Todd Walker, 02/19/2017
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Re: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees,
John Rintoul, 02/20/2017
- Re: [ocba] Small, ghostly bees, Randall Austin, 02/20/2017
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John Rintoul, 02/20/2017
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John Rintoul, 02/19/2017
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Walter Starks, 02/19/2017
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Todd Walker, 02/19/2017
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