Winter Feeding: If you haven’t started to feed yet, now is a good time to start. We started feeding our bees selectively on Saturday but by Sunday switched to putting a feeder on every hive we have. Some are just jar feeders, but most are full hive top feeders taking about 3 gallons of syrup. That usually equates to 30 plus pounds of liquid in one fill. The strong hives have unloaded feeders in 2 days, so we filled them again and after evaporation those hives will have over 50 pounds of liquid added to their stores. We have been...

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Mid-Summer Mite Treatments It’s late July and time for mite treatments.  As a beekeeper there are many options available but let’s talk about 2 options.  Formic Pro vs Norroa.  These 2 products at this time of year are at the top of our list for mite treatments and here is the breakdown: 1.       Both Norroa and Formic can be used with honey supers on. 2.       Formic Pro has temperature restrictions.  Less than 85F the day of application and less than 92F for the first 3 days.  This is a 14-day treatment. 3.       Norroa has no temperature restrictions. And treatment time...