Honey Extraction

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I used to have a bunch of hives but then the tracheal and varroa mites killed all my bees. I attempted to buy allegedly mite resistant strains and use the chemicals to kill them but those hives played out as well.

Finally I gave up for a few years and my friend Mary managed to get a strain going that seems to be resistant without a lot of intense medication or management. One of the things she told me was to use a screened bottom board and apparently when the bees groom the varroa mites off they fall out and can't get back in.

What sort of difficulty do y'all in the UK have as far as parasites? I'm hoping to get honey this year cause I really miss cooking with it and making mead.

no problem with verroa so far. although one neighbour lost 6 out of 6 hives and another lost 19 out of twenty. some say the screens are only good for monitoring...