Gentle Treatments vs Hard Treatments - Nuc Follow Along Ep. 12 - 8/26/24 

Thanks Kamon and Laurel - it is very helpful to watch a "blow by blow" hive inspection with your commentary - I've been keeping bees for 13 years, but always learning. Thanks for your teaching heart!

With the Queen Right Dial, you can use the middle and mark the T, for treatment, and then put a date. This makes record keeping easy. A QRD on every hive is an easy way to simplify records.

Loved having you at the Louisiana Conference!! Thank you for answering all my questions 😛

I have only seen ONE hive beetle since I started using these traps you recommended!

Thanks Laurel and Kamon

This past year I had some formic pro that expired in May, so I used it as a late spring swarm suppressor and mite treatment. Bees have been doing great and had low numbers most of the year. Those early spring treatments prevent so much damage to the bees.

It's that time of year, my girls are getting an OAV today in fact. WoW that is a lot of strips, I would have thought they would do better on packaging, thanks for giving us a look at the new product. It is real nice to see new organic products on the market, More Choice is Better. Blessed Days, Kamon and Family...

Not to long it was great. It has been bad here as well. Been feeding my bees since July I Hope u and Laurel have a Blessed week

We just must live with it, they don’t go away.

Thnx for the video kamon, you’re the best.

And...not available in CA...- ugh! I'll be at the Expo... for this!

Thanks ❤

I like to use OA only I don’t mind putting work in but I have great success using it

Thanks.

Stop worrying about how long a video is. It takes time to get an education and if you rush you could leave out something that is important. I am new to this beekeeping thing but what I have learned so far is it can be subtle. I for one REALLY appreciate the time and detail you put into you videos. This is the only industry I know of where an armature can get advice from a professional and the pro actually tells the truth. Bee keepers by nature are nurturing and it makes the entire industry different. You may love your cows but you dont "nurture" them, you care yes but it is different.

Good information!

It was about time for someone to make what seems like good strips. Kamon, after years of testing all kinds of combinations , to me it seems that the strips work the best (faster varroa drop) if l put two right above the entrance. Looks like most of the bees goes up when they enter. The strips end up being between brood and the vertical stick of the frame touching it. I noticed that I need just those two for a broodless or close to it hive

Had a bad episode this summer with OA sponges. I highly recommend exercising care especially if it's hot outside. Anywhere in the upper 90s to 100s it will kill your hive.

Was that queen cell at 14:52 charged? EDIT: You reported a dry cup at 16:02.

OA has been extremely effective for a long time with absolutely no signs that the mites have built up any kind of resistance. I would assume one reason for that is OA has always been a flash treatment, only staying in the hive for 48-72 hours. Also, OA on phoretic mites using high enough doses such as 4 grams per deep gets above a 95% kill percentage-extremely effective. With these new strips are we going to be talking 3 years from now about how the mites have now built a resistance to OA because we have left treatments in the hives long term. I hope not. Just because we can now do OA strips- “should we”, all I see is an opportunity for mites to build resistance to OA. We may lose the fantastic flash treatment effectiveness that we have enjoyed for the last several years. I love the idea of the strips and how many more choices it gives us as far as treatment options. I just hope we’re not shooting ourselves in the foot by creating an environment for resistance against OA.

I'm in central NC. Can Apiguard lead to an increase in SHB levels due to the communication disruption? I treated 4 hives with Apiguard two weeks ago. Opened them to do the second round and one had a lot more SHB than I've ever seen it have.

How long do you leave the strips on

Chucks bees in Jacksonville Fl shows how to make those strips from 50pt chip boards for those self doers

Where can you buy some of this treatment?

Would not OA sponges cut into thinner strips and gung like these do much the same?

Hey Kamon, Is that VeroxSan extended release? Or should that be applyied three times, every five days, like one would with OAV?

where’s the link for the oa sponges?

What is the shelve life of the strips after you open them? they come 60 to a pack, what do you do with the extras?

So what would you use on a high mite load going into Fall?

How does a person actually use Apiguard? It’s always too hot to use in August according to the instructions. I bought some but I’m afraid to use it.

Kamon can I get some info on those strips . Where can I find them, how many are in a package, an how much ??. We enjoy long videos. Thanks !!.

I would be curious about long term storage of the leftover product. How would you store it? How long can it be stored and still be effective?

Are you still using the vaporizer now that there’s Varroxsan strips?

Kamom Reynolds what is the white thing on the 1 hive with the green for???

Do you have a preference between pollen patties vs pollen sub?

It’s rained here in my part of Texas only once since May and that was a 1/2”. Last summer was much worse. More heat and even less rain. Even the weeds and Bermuda grass are brown now. I’d love to have green grass like in this vid. We’ve been in a burn ban for months. It’s also sandy soil here so no moisture retention. My bees feed on the smartweed, water primrose and false Fiddleleaf around and in my pond. Not much else is blooming without water. Seems like you put one strip per brood frame but you said the dosage is one strip per 2 1/2 frames of brood.

FWIW, "Treat your bees well" is proper grammar.

As a small hobby beekeeper, and the price of everything going up, how can we use all the gadgets and treatments and be able to keep up with the bees. I love beekeeping, but I'm retired on a fixed income. And I'm also contemplating giving it up for financial reasons. Any suggestions are appreciated....but don't scold me.

I have a question for you there are strips my friend got off Amazon they are from China mite strips and thermal is the same ingredient so why is it not allowed and why is China selling this product and there country’s still use it why ?

How made your 6 frame boxes