Month: september 2014

During the last month I noticed that I got higher and higher varoa mite count in the bottom plate of the hive. Just before the last harvest I counted more than 100. After the last harvest I fed the bees with inverted sugar so they had something to feed on and then it was time to treat the bees with formic acid. This is a kind of harsh treatment and lots of bees will be killed but the hive will be almost cleared for mites afterwards. The procedure is simple. For a 12×10 box with 10 plates you need 3 ml of 60% formic acid per plate i.e. 30 ml […]

By the end of August i harvested 3rd and last time this year. The honey yield has been quite OK. First harvest resulted in 22.8 kg, second harvest 21.9 kg and finally third and last was 11.0 kg – a total of 55.7 kg from just one hive. Not bad! 2014 has been a good year. I had bought a 20 L bucket instead of the 40 L which I have used  earlier since I try to collect several times during the summer and I will never have more than 25 kg after harvesting one magasin, which corresponds to 18-19 L. It is also more handy in small kitchens :o) […]