🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

[5Australorpasaures]

Not real happy with the clarity of the honey so here's what came back to me that an old keeper did, he would buy nylon stockings and filter through them. Off to closest store that had them. What a noticeable difference. Bought the large and stretched nicely over the 5 gal bucket. DW carried them.

 

[GunnyBun]

All they really use here, and there's plenty, is the resin or sap for propolis. Never saw them interested in the pollen and there is so much of it sometimes blows fog thick.

That’s how it gets here in the spring that’s the main reason we cut them the pollen was so very bad and we all have bad allergies.

 

[drstratton]

Not real happy with the clarity of the honey so here's what came back to me that an old keeper did, he would buy nylon stockings and filter through them. Off to closest store that had them. What a noticeable difference. Bought the large and stretched nicely over the 5 gal bucket. DW carried them.

DW Emporium...lol

Glad it cleared the honey up for you!

 

[cavemanrich]

Not real happy with the clarity of the honey so here's what came back to me that an old keeper did, he would buy nylon stockings and filter through them.

I never filtered anything, so just wondering how efficient was the procedure.

Spoiler: Are these the stockings you purchased???

 

[5Australorpasaures]

I never filtered anything, so just wondering how efficient was the procedure.

Spoiler: Are these the stockings you purchased???

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OOOOH YEAH
Run through cheese cloth, double screen. Minute traces of I'm thinking wax, could even be pollen tracked across the comb. Slow filtering through the nylon, so I'm going with your suggestion of pictured hosiery. Forgot to mention DW got quite the laugh.

 

[drstratton]

Varroa Mite count from the 4th OAV treatment.

Nuc Hive #1: 1
Nuc Hive #2: 1
Package Hive: 1
Swarm Hive: 2

Still getting those nasty things, but at least the count isn't very high.

 

[drstratton]

Just finished the 5th OAV treatment. Takes less than 15 minutes, probably closer to 10 with both of us setting up to taking off my protective gear. 5 more treatments to go.

I think we will be doing our full hive inspections this weekend. Hoping the bees aren't too spicy, but not holding my breath...lol

I think a bee was on my pants and stung me when I squatted down, much too close to my backside...lol I don't think I got the full brunt of it. Next time I'm wearing my husband's jeans, they're thicker.

 

[cavemanrich]

Just finished the 5th OAV treatment.

Question;
Does each treatment finish off 300 bees,?? or is it the seasonal total that reaches the 300?
10 treatments does add up to a semi significant amount

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Bees have cleaned up the 30 extracted frames nicely so into the freezer they go. Have one more medium to pull next week, hopefully completely capped. Diner for breakfast on our way to pick up 4 cases of Queen Line 1 lb jars.

 

[Apis mellifera]

Question;
Does each treatment finish off 300 bees,?? or is it the seasonal total that reaches the 300?
10 treatments does add up to a semi significant amount

300 or 1/2 cup of bees is whats needed to do a mite test/count. I do 3 to 5 tests per hive per year. OAV treatments do little harm to bees unless a bee gets too close to the vaporizer.
A queen lays 1500 to 2000 eggs a day. During the peak of the season it can get up to 3000 eggs. So a few mite washes a year are insignificant. More are lost each day do to natural causes, mostly foraging.