Author Archives: Ewa&Mikael

Del 1. Short English summary: We have developed our own Varroa managment system based on drone Brood removal by using a 3 split Drone frame. With this setup we can cull Drones every week and by that we can keep the Mite population below our threshold value which we monitor by checking weekly the miteContinue reading “Varroa Management baserat på drönarutskärning”

Short English summary: 1904 was the start of a disaster that was later called Isle of Wight disease which lasted for almost 20 years and, according to the legend, wiped out the original black bee population in UK and only left the yellow bees that apparently seemed to be resistant to the disease. As BaileyContinue reading “Isle of Wight myten”

Short English summary: It is believed by many that the bees that live through the winter is a different type of bees that are born in late August and perhaps given a different food with more protein. De Grooth concluded (3) already in 1953 that all bees can be longlived and it is the factContinue reading “Högt varroatryck på sommaren ger svaga vinterbin”

Short summary in English: In Hallsberg the bee-keeper Erik Östlund claims to have bees that require no treatment against Varroa. He claim there are about 500 hives in the region that are treatment free and in Norway there are also two populations that don’t require any treatment. The reason is most likely the Varroa sensitiveContinue reading “Konferens ang behandlingsfria bin mot Varroa”

Short summary in English: To finish off the Varroa mite test oxalic acid is applied to all the hives – control hives and testhives. We will count the fallen mites and compare the two groups and for a successfull result no significant differences should be found alternatively the control group have a higher mite count.Continue reading “Varroatestets sista del”

Short summary in English: The Varroa test with drone cutout + Lactic acid treatment instead of traditional treatment with strong acids or chemical acaricides is coming to an end. The result is shown in the graph below and the test group have a significantly lower mitefal after the drone cutout is completed and the lowContinue reading “Varroa test snart i mål”

Short English summary:How nectar turns to honey. Foraging bees can carry up to 90% of their body weight with nectar. When they arrive to the colony they give the nectar to nurse bees that regurgigate and exchange the nectar to other bees, thus constantly add enzymes to the nectar. This process ends when the waterContinue reading “Hur nektar blir honung!”

Short summary in English: How many mites are in a colony?we have an idea of a model how to determine the total number of mites in the colony which uses the cut out drones from the drone combs to estimate the total population. Since the mayoriy of the mites prefer to enter a drone cell,Continue reading “Hur många kvalster finns det i en koloni?”

Vi använder mjölksyra för att trycka ner kvalsternivåerna och någon kupa har fortfarande lite för högt nedfall och därmed för stort kvalstertryck. En nackdel med mjölksyra är att det tar tid att lyfta varje ram och av den anledningen har vi kommit på ett nytt sätt att applicera mjölksyran. Med vår nya metod tar detContinue reading “Mjölksyrabehandling i Oktober”

Hösten har anlänt med kalla nätter men dagtid kan bina fortfarande flyga när temperaturen stiger uppåt 12-13 grader. Idag fick vi stöd för ett påstående om svarta bin – de flyger vid lägre temperaturer än andra bin. Idag vid 1600 tiden var det 11 grader och alla bin hade lagt av för dagen förutom deContinue reading “7 oktober”