Varroa Workshop, Winmalee

This is the link to Randy Oliver (the Scientific Beekeeper) page on Drone Trapping. Helpful article.

IPM 5 Fighting Varroa : Biotechnical Tactics Part 2 - Scientific Beekeeping IPM 5 Fighting Varroa Biotechnical Tactics 2 The One-Two Punch Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First Published in ABJ in May 2007   Introduction 1 Drone Brood Management and Trap Combs 1 Powdered sugar dusting 4 The Oliver 15-second sugar dust method 6 Discussion 7 The one-two punch—30 seco...

A workshop on Varroa and its management will be held on Sunday 17th March at Winmalee. Details below.

For tickets go to http://www.ticketbo.com.au/winmaleevarroaworkshop

Numbers are limited and registration essential.

Feel free to circulate and share to others on social media who are beekeepers and may benefit from this meeting.

TOCAL College have recently produced instructional videos for mite washing to find out the mite load.

The first is the wash using alcohol.

It can be found at

Varroa Mite Detection with Alcohol Wash Varroa Mite Detection with Alcohol Wash

On Sunday March 17th we are planning to hold a workshop at Winmalee to help beekeepers understand Varroa mite and the methods that can be employed to minimise their impact on bee colonies.

More details to follow