Author Archives: Ewa&Mikael

English summary: Next years focus will be on resistant colonies where we are going to select the ones with the best ability to handle the mites without chemical treatments. We have 2 colonies theat needed formic acid and those will be requeened next year. A few have recieved some Lactic acid application but since weContinue reading “21 sept – Fokus på resistenta bin under 2026”

English summary: The feeding is over and we finish off by weighing all colonies where we like to be around 32 kg. A few are a bit lighter but we beleive it will be fine. We will weigh every onth to ensure no colony will starve.Vi har kompletterat med socker och avslutar med att kontrollvägaContinue reading “18 sep-drag på jättebaslsamin och invintring är klar”

English summary: Seaason is coming to an end with the final mite treatment where we, based on the mitefall in last week of August, carry out relevant applications. This year two hives (of 18) recieved Formic acid and a few recieved Lactic acid. We also have some lines that needed no treatment at all. TotaltContinue reading “14 sept. Sista varma dagen och avslutad kvalsterbehandling”

English summary: Its autumn and the time when many beekkeepers treat their colonies with organic acids, I.E formic acid and oxalic acid. Oxalic acid should only be used on brood less colonies but many beekeepers use it also when the bees keep brood. In this study (1) they tested the impact of brood mortality whenContinue reading “12 sep. Oxalsyra ger hög dödlighet av yngel”

Englis summary: Time to sum the season and plan next season. All in all it was a good season except for the honey production which, due to unfavory wheather situation, was a total bust. We will give everything back to the bees this year and use up our buffer stock of honey. We produced 10Continue reading “9 sept. Myrsyra, vinterfodra och summering av året”

English summary: We have given the small colonies complementary sugar where we use feeding boxes with a nice feature – a plastic shield that separates the bees from the syrup and hence avoid that too many bees drown. It also makes it quite easy to add more syrup, in case more syrup must be added,Continue reading “3 september – fortfarande varmt”

English summary: The first week of September will see some decent temperatures and the bees will have a last chance to collect a bit of nectar and pollen. We prepare the winter in and we have supplemented the smaller colonies with some sugar since we unfortunately do not have enough honey. The bigger colonies areContinue reading “30 aug – slutspurt på ljung och invintring”

English summary: We are now getting closer to end of the season and we must determine which colonies to treat against Varroa mites, and if a treatment is needed then which to use. We follow an IPT strategy where we try to avoid chemicals and, if needed, firstly use the most harmless chemical, which isContinue reading “26 augusti – behandling av kvalster”

English summary: This season have been a struggle regarding the honey harvest and we have pretty much missed all the big flow due to unfavory wheather conditions. Since we have increased the number of colonies drastically the result is that all honey will go back to the bees but, even so, we still have toContinue reading “24 aug – säsongen börjar närma sig slutet”

English summary: The mite situation is pretty good wher only 3 hives of 14 show a mite population that need actions. Orange color is still under the threshold but must be monitored and probably need a lactic acid treatment to stop the increase before it gets critical. The red one is above threshold and willContinue reading “Aug 13-Kvalsterläget ser bra ut”