BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Mime-Version:
1.0
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Date:
Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:05:44 -0400
Reply-To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Re: Treating for varroa
From:
Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
Content-Transfer-Encoding:
8bit
Sender:
[log in to unmask]
Comments:
To: Betsy Klinger <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (14 lines) 
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:18:10 EDT, Betsy Klinger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I want to treat for varroa now that I have  removed my supers.  Is it OK to
>feed the colony while treating for varroa?

Yes, that's OK. The issue is contaminating honey that will be usd for human
consumption. This could occur if one used chemical treatments during the
period when bees are storing honey in the supers. In the fall, for example,
one would feed and treat at the same time.

pb

-- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and  other info ---

ATOM RSS1 RSS2