Posted By: warrior
Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 03:09 AM
Got a request to speak at the next Georgia Beekeepers Association Spring Conference on Varroa Management. I'm absolutely floored by it.
I guess its true what I learned in the service. If you can't amaze them with brilliance the baffle them with BS.
I'm a betting it wasn't the BS that got you the job! lol
Posted By: yukonjeff
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 04:59 AM
You must know something they want to hear about. Congrats.
I lost my hives last winter and split two double queen packages 4 ways this spring.
I did two OA treatments the first two weeks, (after I saw open brood).
I just did another OA in September on two of the hives and didn't get one to mite drop. I put in Apivar on the other two but I believe I am mite free. Thanks to the early OAV, and having no other honey bees in the area.
Posted By: warrior
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 05:02 AM
You very well could be. I find it hard to imagine but there are still isolated areas that are mite free. Australia has managed somehow to keep them out.
good luck , I'm sure you will do a great job
Posted By: Gary Benson
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 11:08 AM
Be careful.....might be a sting operation!
Posted By: CTRAPS
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 11:10 AM
Be careful.....might be a sting operation!
If he takes his honey with him, she can keep an eye out for that sort of thing.
Posted By: old243
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 12:47 PM
I'm sure you will do fine, and pass on lots of good info. Getting ready to put my girls to bed for the winter. Took apivar off yesterday . Now getting them fed up. old 243
Posted By: adam m
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 01:15 PM
Congrats. I'm sure you'll do great
Posted By: Bigbrownie
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 02:31 PM
With no doubt, varroa mites kill more hives than everything else combined. Until a new beekeeper figures this out, he’ll be a steady costumer of Gardner’s and Hardeman.
Posted By: Nessmuck
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 02:56 PM
If I lived closer ..I’d be there. I Nevah had bees ...but it’s on the bucket list. And someone thinks you know a little...congrats.
Posted By: bobsheedy
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 04:26 PM
Congrats. An honor, I'm sure.
Posted By: warrior
Re: Absolutely floored! - 10/11/20 04:49 PM
If I lived closer ..I’d be there. I Nevah had bees ...but it’s on the bucket list. And someone thinks you know a little...congrats.
Due to covid this one will be virtual via zoom. Anyone anywhere can attend. I'll post the link when the time comes.