shaper
04-12-2018, 11:50 PM
This week we had a speaker that spoke about the varroa mites. He gave a lot of information about the mites that I had no knowledge of. The varroa mite is in every country except one,,,Australia. reason is the mite can not live in the higher temperatures.
He brought in a system that can kill the mites without chemicals. It goes in under the brood frames and a temp bulb on top of the frames. It looks to be a flat heater system. When turned on it will heat the brood up to 104-106 degrees. At that temp it kills the varroa mite and hive Beatles. It will need the process done on every hive twice, spring and fall. But if your neighbor has bees you will have to do their hives also or they will come in from the neighbor. The good news is that the production of honey will increase because the girls are not sick from the mites. I'm looking to purchase one soon. There are some YouTube movies or you can go to lynn@beehivethermalindustries.com or phone 803-413-9313 derrick@beehivethermalindustries.com or phone 423-413-5370
He brought in a system that can kill the mites without chemicals. It goes in under the brood frames and a temp bulb on top of the frames. It looks to be a flat heater system. When turned on it will heat the brood up to 104-106 degrees. At that temp it kills the varroa mite and hive Beatles. It will need the process done on every hive twice, spring and fall. But if your neighbor has bees you will have to do their hives also or they will come in from the neighbor. The good news is that the production of honey will increase because the girls are not sick from the mites. I'm looking to purchase one soon. There are some YouTube movies or you can go to lynn@beehivethermalindustries.com or phone 803-413-9313 derrick@beehivethermalindustries.com or phone 423-413-5370