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Southwest Ohio Beekeepers School 2017

Andrew Kartal

Slide Set Courtesy of: MAAREC –The Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium

Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia cooperating

Pests and

Predators of

the Hive

Normal Honey Bee Development

The Life Cycle of

the

Honey bee

Healthy Eggs

Capped Brood Healthy c-shaped larvae

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Workers Queen

Drones

Honey Bee Parasites

Varroa Mite

(Varroa destuctor)

Varroa Mite

(Varroa destuctor)

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Adult female Varroa mite Different life stages of Varroa mite

feeding on a drone bee (just before emerging)

Emerging worker bee with

Varroa mites

Varroa damaged worker bee

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Mite Away Quick Strips™

(MAQS™) MAQS™ is the third generation

biopesticide produced by NOD

Apiary Products.

Controls varroa and tracheal

mites

Use between 60 and 80 F

MAQS™ replaces Mite Away II

Now thinner than the height of a bee so it fits in the bee-space

between hive parts making it

much easier to apply

MAQS™ is not seen as posing

any risk to the environment or

causing food contamination

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Randy Oliver: http://www.scientificbeekeeping.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40

Adult beetles on comb,

and on exterior

of hive

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Adults

Size: 5-7 mm long

Clubbed antennae

Shortened elytra

Larvae

Small head capsule

Distinct segmentation

Size: up to 1.2 cm long

Rows of spines

10-16 days

Larvae causes damage

Masses of small

hive beetle larvae

on a hive bottom

board, and larvae

on comb.

Varroa mite on drone pupa Small hive beetle – adult and larva

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Malformed workers on combMonitoring Varroa Mites

• Uncapping drone brood

• Ether Roll

• Sugar Roll (shake)

• Sticky boards

• Soapy water

.

Sugar Shake Drone pupae removed

with uncapping fork

Apiguard

Thymol – Active ingredient, slow release gel

Temperature sensitive – Should be 60 F or

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Scanning electron micrograph (SEM)

of Varroa mite between abdominal segment

Diagram of Varroa mite life cycleMalformed workers on comb

Monitoring Varroa Mites

• Uncapping drone brood

• Ether Roll

• Sugar Roll (shake)

• Sticky boards

• Soapy water

.

Sugar Shake

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Developing Pupae Emerging Adult Bees

The “Rules”for Successful Beekeeping

as suggested by Randy Oliver

Keep bees where there are lots of flowers all season, or provide supplemental feeding.

Provide a warm, dry, sunny hive.

Suppress varroa if necessary.

Avoid synthetic miticides and pesticides.