🐝💗Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!💗🐝

[Apis mellifera]

Bit of a scare today for beekeepers. A swarm of Apis Cerana was found on a ship off the shore of New Jersey, it was killed but Tropilaelaps mite was found in the swarm. Not good.

 

[drstratton]

Bit of a scare today for beekeepers. A swarm of Apis Cerana was found on a ship off the shore of New Jersey, it was killed but Tropilaelaps mite was found in the swarm. Not good.

The world has become a smaller place. So much easier for invasive species to spread.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Bit of a scare today for beekeepers. A swarm of Apis Cerana was found on a ship off the shore of New Jersey, it was killed but Tropilaelaps mite was found in the swarm. Not good.

The trash the world makes Jersey takes. They killed the swarm? I'll bet dimes to donuts they didn't get 'em all.

 

[drstratton]

Dale took the shade cover off a few days ago. This should allow the sunshine to warm them up a little more. Getting ready for winter.

Mixing up 3g of syrup to put in for them tomorrow morning

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Still bringing in pollen, slowing down on syrup but going to make one last 3 gal batch. Still good mid day flying. Making a wooden case for the refractometer. Card stock box won't last, saving the formed foam though. Did notice an hour north of us a keeper had 3 hives wrapped. 39F this AM. Have the 2" Foam under the top cover, looks like a couple wks I'll do complete wrap.