What are the "Typical migratory beekeeping management practices"?


Typical migratory beekeeping management practices were performed by the
beekeeper on every colony to control pests and diseases. Varroa destructor mite
populations were suppressed by laying a shop towel soaked in a 2:1 canola oil:Tactic®
(10% amitraz) solution over the top bars of the top box each spring and fall (May and
August-September after the honey harvest) for 14 days. Nosema spp. were controlled
using Fumagilin-b® (Medivet Pharmaceuticals Ltd.) delivered in 1:1 sugar syrup twice
per year in September and February. An antibiotic, Tylan® (Dadant and Sons), was used
prophylactically to suppress bacterial infection, namely the causative agent of American
Foulbrood, Paenibacillus larvae, and was delivered to the colony in sugar syrup twice
per year with Fumagilin-b®. Finally, the beekeeper maintained a comb rotation scheme
wherein one frame of foundation was inserted into, and one old frame removed from,
each colony per year. 

Smart, M. S. (2015). The influence of mid-continent agricultural land use on the health and survival of commercially managed honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies (Doctoral dissertation, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA).

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