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Well, we've been on the road,
and any extra time I've had has been spent on the curriculum
I'll try to get caught up, but
we'll see.
Medhat sent me
the program for the upcoming meeting in
Southern Alberta. Click on the thumbnails to read the agenda
The program looks pretty good.
He also sent the results of his mite checks on
our hives,
using alcohol wash
15-Sep-04
Hive
Number |
Weight of bee sample (g) |
No. of Bees |
No. of Mites |
Percent |
Notes |
|
A-1 |
69.063 |
329 |
2 |
0.61% |
|
|
A-2 |
59.43 |
283 |
2 |
0.71% |
|
|
A-3 |
64.701 |
308 |
4 |
1.30% |
|
|
A-4 |
68.139 |
324 |
1 |
0.31% |
|
|
A-5 |
65.232 |
311 |
1 |
0.32% |
AFB PRESENT |
|
A-6 |
64.575 |
308 |
1 |
0.32% |
|
|
A-7 |
63.083 |
300 |
2 |
0.67% |
|
|
A-8 |
55.459 |
264 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
A-9 |
59.442 |
283 |
1 |
0.35% |
|
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A-10 |
55.82 |
266 |
2 |
0.75% |
|
|
A-11 |
65.729 |
313 |
0 |
0.00% |
AFB PRESENT |
|
A-2-1 |
61.014 |
291 |
1 |
0.34% |
|
|
A-2-2 |
38.698 |
184 |
3 |
1.63% |
|
|
A-2-3 |
51.953 |
247 |
12 |
4.86% |
Styrofoam hive |
|
A-2-4 |
68.139 |
324 |
57 |
17.59% |
Styrofoam hive |
|
A-2-5 |
43.991 |
209 |
17 |
8.13% |
Styrofoam hive |
|
A-2-6 |
56.875 |
271 |
97 |
35.79% |
Styrofoam hive |
|
A-2-7 |
56.296 |
268 |
16 |
5.97% |
Styrofoam hive |
|
A-2-8 |
68.538 |
326 |
55 |
16.87% |
Styrofoam hive |
|
A-2-9 |
56.003 |
267 |
22 |
8.24% |
Styrofoam hive |
|
A-2-10 |
67.02 |
319 |
4 |
1.25% |
Styrofoam hive |
|
A-2-11 |
60.453 |
288 |
7 |
2.43% |
Styrofoam hive |
|
A-2-12 |
|
|
|
|
Sample not worth taking |
|
A-2-13 |
50.143 |
239 |
15 |
6.28% |
|
|
A-2-14 |
60.693 |
289 |
3 |
1.04% |
|
|
A-2-15 |
70.507 |
336 |
2 |
0.60% |
|
|
A-3-1 |
67.596 |
322 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
A-3-2 |
62.358 |
297 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
A-3-3 |
62.112 |
296 |
5 |
1.69% |
|
|
A-3-4 |
66.046 |
315 |
1 |
0.32% |
|
|
A-3-5 |
60.889 |
290 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
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A-3-6 |
69.717 |
332 |
1 |
0.30% |
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The hives
in grey boxes are this year's Australian packages and have never been
treated. Those in pink are overwintered hives that have not been
treated since the spring before this past one. At that time, they got
one strip of Apistan®.
We
did not use any oxytet in the hives since Spring 2003, either, and we can
see a few cells of AFB.
Here
is the same data in a chart. What can we see here?
Possible interpretation:
Knowing that these hives were sampled and
numbered from one end of the outfit to the other end, and that the hives are
mostly in four-packs, we see that the high counts are grouped in one area.
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Did
one hive (17) rob a feral colony and bring back mites that then drifted with
bees to nearby hives?
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Did
one or two hives miss the last treatment a year and a half ago?
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Are
the higher scoring hives facing east or west? I'll have to check.
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Has
one hive developed resistant mites that then spread? I really
doubt it.
I decided to see how the hives are
numbered Here is the map. Elliotts is not shown.
We had wondered if the hives showing high mite loads
were close together or facing the same way, but apparently, although they are in
the same grouping, they are not all contiguous
Since I am not being very faithful in keeping this page up, I have been
thinking that I could send it out either a notice or the entire page by
email if people care to subscribe.
Write me,
if you would like to be on a list and get updates when I do them. I'd
email once a week or so at maximum.
Write me
and let me know if you think that this is a good idea.
"If you do decide to update by e-mail only, please
include me on the list. I am a beekeeper in California and have enjoyed
your website for quite some time. I am continually amazed at the void of
practical information available in California regarding things such as
feeding pollen supplement and formic acid. Your website has been a very
useful".
Actually, I'd still keep updating here. It's just
that, when I go away or don't keep things up here for a few days, I imagine
people coming back over and over, hoping to find an update. I also
imagine that some visit regularly, then forget for a while, or lose the URL.
If I sent out an alert, then they would know that there
is new material. The problem, as I see it, is that I often do random
minor updates and edits. I'd have to be sure not to send more than one
alert a week. |
More bookwork.
Then, I fixed the rear doors in the red Olds
this afternoon and sold it.
Later, we went to the Mill for supper.
BTW,
I screwed up some of the files so that some days were missing for a while.
Pretty well everything should be here now.
Today : Sunny. High 11. UV index 3 or moderate.
/
Tonight : Clear. Low 2.
Jean & Chris came for lunch and stayed for
supper.
Today : Sunny. High 22. UV index 3 or moderate. /
Tonight : Clear. Increasing cloudiness overnight. Low 1. /
Normals for the period : Low 1. High 15.
Today : Increasing
cloudiness early this morning. High 11. UV index 3 or moderate.
Tonight : Clear. Wind southeast 20 km/h becoming light near midnight. Low 4.
Monday : Sunny. High 22.
Tuesday : Sunny. Low 6. High 21.
We're away on a houseboat trip, but
Medhat treated our hives today.
Wednesday : Sunny. Low 6. High 16.
Thursday : Sunny. Low 1. High 16.
Normals for the period : Low 1. High 15.
