Follow-up on formic treatment. New cordless bee blower.

Working through the first yard 7 days after 2 strip formic pro treatment. We push the bees down with a bee blower before installing queen excluders.

[@PatrickPease]

That blower is fantastic for making smoke. We use them in our operation

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

I just might adopt that idea

[@barkersbees]

Man I like that idea with the blower!!

[@framcesmoore]

This was good video so was the last 1 when u put the formic on the hives, I have used formic since I became a bee keeper. ib 2014 so far I have never lost a hive I did lose a queen but everything turned out fine. I like the blower as well. have a blessed day

[@gallowaylights]

Interesting windstorm 😮

[@mikehill9888]

Thanks for the video 😊. The mites hope will be gone

[@philbeeman]

I hope so too

[@LaraLovesBees]

Brilliant, as usual! Would using the EZLoader help? My back is killing me right now with all the lifting.

[@philbeeman]

If I was working solo I would probably try it. But these boxes are pretty light as well have been rained out of the spring flow.

[@tjjastrem127]

Curious what you and Ian did different

[@philbeeman]

He foolishly followed the label instructions.

[@tjjastrem127]

@@philbeeman I used two pads with temps in the 85 f range but I had deep honey supers on and didn’t have a problem other than 1 that had an old queen

[@justinthacker3144]

Really good idea using the blower and the vented box to get the queen down before the flow and supering up. Another very efficient and easy method I've seen on a commercial scale was to use fume boards to get the queen downstairs before slapping QE's on the single. All the best for your season!

[@glennsnaturalhoney4571]

My experience with FP is more similar to yours.

[@toddknecht2106]

Am I understanding you only leave Formic pro on 7 days? 2 strips for 7 days?

[@philbeeman]

This year that’s how it has worked out.

[@theoeicher]

do you ever lose a queen using the blower?

[@philbeeman]

Maybe.