Comments on: Looking for mites, photo gallery http://pollinatethis.org/beeblog/2008/10/28/looking-for-mites-photo-gallery/                                     A tale of a beekeeper to be in the time of "CCD" Sat, 19 May 2012 05:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Paul http://pollinatethis.org/beeblog/2008/10/28/looking-for-mites-photo-gallery/#comment-48 Paul Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:12:43 +0000 http://pollinatethis.org/beeblog/2008/10/28/looking-for-mites-photo-gallery/#comment-48 Nice picture. How do you treat the hive when it has mites? Do you use a mite trap? Paul <a href="http://www.beeremovalsacramento.com" rel="nofollow">Bee Removal in Sacramento</a> Nice picture. How do you treat the hive when it has mites? Do you use a mite trap?

Paul

Bee Removal in Sacramento

]]> By: Arnaud H http://pollinatethis.org/beeblog/2008/10/28/looking-for-mites-photo-gallery/#comment-35 Arnaud H Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:02:01 +0000 http://pollinatethis.org/beeblog/2008/10/28/looking-for-mites-photo-gallery/#comment-35 I just used that method for the first time last weekend as well on one of my hives. I used a sifter that sprayed a LOT of the sugar all over the bottom box - more than I was expecting. I thought the bees would freak out, but they right away started cleaning themselves. I started seeing white bees flying around. It was quite a spectacle. Today I found there was still powdered sugar on top of some of the frames, but also mites on the bottom board. I'll use a finer sifter to repeat the operation on both of my hives this coming Friday. I just used that method for the first time last weekend as well on one of my hives. I used a sifter that sprayed a LOT of the sugar all over the bottom box - more than I was expecting. I thought the bees would freak out, but they right away started cleaning themselves. I started seeing white bees flying around. It was quite a spectacle.

Today I found there was still powdered sugar on top of some of the frames, but also mites on the bottom board. I’ll use a finer sifter to repeat the operation on both of my hives this coming Friday.

]]>