Bee Health:
Bee Health is essential to keep your hives buzzing. Ensure the following:- Hygiene
- Adequate food with all the necessary vitamins and proteins - ( This is where Mineral Bee nutritional supplement comes in handy)
- Protection from disease and mites (Varroa treatment and avoiding overcrowding of apiary sites)
- Suitable temperature and moisture control
Things we can do:
- Site the hive in a sheltered sunny spot away from damp and not exposed to the prevailing wind.
- Keep surrounding shrubbery down to a reasonable level.
- Protect the hive with an entrance reducer to keep out small rodents and enable the bees to better defend their home from robbing or wasp attacks. (For really top protection from wasps install a HiveGate ...)
- Remove old frames and grubby comb. (Every 3-5 years is a suggestion) and clean debris from floor of hive.
- Use a top feeder or entrance feeders over winter so you resist the temptation to open up the hive unnecessarily in increment weather.
6L frame-feeder with ladders and cap
$10.00
Hive World’s 6 litre Frame Feeder with Ladders and Cap is the professional way to feed your bees.
This quality plastic feeder sits inside the hive so lessens the likelihood of robbing. It is easy to fill and holds up to 6 litres of sugar syrup. The cap and ladders are easily removed for cleaning and are sealed to prevent the bees making burr comb in the feeder or the queen laying brood inside.
The textured walls give the option of using this feeder without the cap and ladders.
The feeder measures 90mm x 230mm deep.APIVAR Varroa treatment
$31.30 – $65.22
APIVAR Varroa treatment (like Apitraz) is the reciprocal treatment for Bayvarol varroa treatment. These two products are designed to be used alternatively each six months to prevent resistance building up in the varroa mite.
Hive World sells this in either multiples of 1 x 12 strip pack or 1 x 4strip packs for your convenience.
It is now recognised practice to use multiple treatment types over the whole season to ensure you keep your varroa level under control.
Bayvarol packet of 4 strips
$13.91 – $60.44
Bayvarol for varroa treatment .
Each foil packet contains 4 strips – this is enough to treat 1 brood box.
Easy and safe to use – simply inset between frames in brood box.
Leave in hive for 6 – 8 weeks to provide maximum effectiveness.
Best used in summer after honey harvest but can be used any time if there are severe infestations of mites.
Active ingredient is Flumetherin 3.6mg per strip.
Beekeepers Friend Strips x 100
$25.00 – $2,113.05
Beekeepers Friend pre-cut strips are specially manufactured in the USA from porous board. All you need to do is soak them in oxalic-glycerine mixture. This will provide you with a natural varroa treatment eliminating the possibility of resistance to synthetic treatments. Furthermore, this is a great, low-cost option which can save a commercial operator thousands of dollars.
Customer Testimonial: “Excellent – most impressed with the results. Tried others but this is definitely the best” CH Hamilton.
See link to a study done in Argentina on oxalic/glycerine treatment –https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-015-0405-7
Dry Wall Shim for oxalic treatment x 300
$30.44
Dry Wall Shim for use with oxalic/glycerine mixture for treatment of varroa mites.
See link below to a study done in Argentina on the use of oxalic/glycerine treatments –https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-015-0405-7
Entrance Feeder with Tumbler
$5.20
Hive World’s Entrance Feeder with Tumbler (also known as the Boardman feeder) is a good solution for using with your nucs.
It comes complete with cage protector to prevent bees drowning in the syrup and 1 x 450 mls capacity beaker. The advantage of these feeders is that the amount of syrup remaining is easily seen without disturbing the hive. One thing to watch out for is that the entrance feeder can attract robbers. However, as in all things bee, every beekeeper has their own way of working and this is simply one of several equally suitable ways of feeding – each with pros and cons.
Formic Pro
$35.83
Formic Pro is an approved organic treatment for using against varroa mite. Formic Pro is made from all natural RAW materials. Used for over 30 years without any known resistance. High efficacy rate (83-97%) targets mites where they reproduce – under the brood cap.
Available in a 2xdose pack that works in only seven days.
Full Depth feeder 3 litre with lid and cage
$8.70
Hive World’s Full Depth 3L frame feeder with lid and cages (otherwise known as a Division Board Feeder) is a perfect solution for in-hive feeding.
The lid keeps the syrup clean and cages minimise bees drowning and prevent propolising up the interior of the feeder.
Note – these feeders are 52 mm wide so will still fit in a super with 9 x 33mm frames but only 3 frames in a nuc box.
Customer comment – “You have a good business, great service and I love the feeders.”
