Thoroughly inspect hives
Treat for Nosema - small jar half filled with lukewarm water, add 1 teaspoon of Fumigilin-B. Shake thejar until dissolved. Stir the jar's contents into the cooled sugar syrup solution you useto fee your bees. Feed at top of the hive using a hive top feeder. Medicate the first twogallons of syrup, but not subsequent gallons.
Varroa Mites - Use Api-Life 1 wafer broken into 4 pieces and place around the brood nest. Leave 7 to 10 days and replace with another wafer and after 7 to 10 days replace for a 3rd time.
Grease Patties for Tracheal Mites - (Will have to do this later next week as I don't have all ingredients.)
Tracheal Mite Control: Grease Patties
Current Formula:
4.4 pounds (1814.4 g) of granulated sugar (sucrose)
3 ounces (88.8 ml) of corn oil
1.5 Pounds (680.4 g) of vegetable shortening (Crisco)
1 pound (463.4 g) of honey
1/2 Pound (226.8 g) of mineral salt (pink color) approx.
$7-$8 for 50 # from feed stores.
2.2 ounces(65 ml) of wintergreen oil or peppermint oil.
One batch will treat about 8-10 hives, depending
on number of brood chambers, size of patties, etc.
We place 5 small patties (about 2 ozs each) on top
of each brood chamber and a 1/2" [1.27 cm] “roll”
across the entrance, about 3/4" [1.9 cm] back in
(otherwise, rain will wash it away).
