Today a friend of mine called and told me he had
already lost half of his bees, this is all too familiar. Last year I lost 28
hives in one winter, that’s 75% of my total apiary. This just about put me out
of business. Every beekeeper tries their best to take good care of their bees
but sometimes I think Mother Nature has different plans for us. Dead bees and empty hives.
Every year we get
inspected by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture to insure our bees
are healthy and safe for sale to other beekeepers, last year was no different.
So when January 2013 rolled around my losses were so big we called our local honey
bee inspector for some helpful advice. What we found that week was a possible
varoa mite infestation. I don’t like using any chemicals in my hives because my
own children eat this honey and we won’t to keep them safe as well. So as we
when into 2013 season we tried to be diligent and take the best care of our bees
we can.
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