Honey bees defeat Varroa mites

[@CastleHives]

Good stuff Humberto. I'm hoping that in the next few years we start to see some breakthroughs in the States for Mite treatments and/or resistance . .

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Me two. There are interesting breeding programs I am planning to show to you guys. Stay tunned.

[@konstantinoschatzidakis6394]

@@InsideTheHiveTV Showing us those programmes would be lovely. Thank you and Greetings from Greece

[@9realitycheck9]

My colonies are evolving and learning to deal with them naturally...

[@dcsblessedbees]

So why can I not buy Asian Honey Bees? And or why are we not just crossing the Asian and European Honey bees? I know I am a brand new keeper but seems simple?

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

They are two diferent honey bee species. They don't mate with each other. They are difficult to manage and more important it is ilegal to transport species to different areas.

[@amaravathibeefarmsince2019]

In India meany small beekeepers are forming APIs cerina indica only

[@neilsmall6518]

I don't think we would like the same issue we had with Africanized honey bees . I do fully understand where you are coming from. Where I live we do not important bees in is illegal to do so but I can not say that one day some will not try. So far our local bees do not have it. Also I have found that from in different locations the bee act different some are highly aggressive and some you can put your and in no problem

[@dcsblessedbees]

@@neilsmall6518 for the most part bees are bees. they are already working and having good success at breading out a lot of the aggression in the Americanize honey bees down in Texas. Personally my opinion it's all about Government control. Seems like more study needs to be done on the bee lines that have over come the mites.

[@neilsmall6518]

@@dcsblessedbees I agree from what I have seen. The government controls seem to be unnecessary bee will do what needs to be done. To much piosions or beening used. The two things which I see here and more than likely globally is climate change and the lack of diversity in food .

[@bradgoliphant]

Hello Umberto-off topic. Do you know a lot about OAV? Does it’s application kill or harm open larva and brood? I’ve heard it does and want to know. Thx.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

I also heard that but I don't know much about it.

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Humberto how do they kill the mites? Similar to a Bee Weaver leg chewings? Looking forward to your next part. Thank you. Grooming. It's interesting to see people's reaction when I sift powdered sugar into a hive then show them the bottom screenboard mite drop. It's just a demonstration of phoretic mite removal via grooming, nothing more.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

I am always surprised by reactions. Meaning that I have a lot of work ahead of me. :)

[@DerHouy]

"The European Honey Bee "ALREADY" can defend against these. The problem is the "HUMAN" again. Because you steal their honey, they go in to a "panic" mode, which does tell them we need to make more honey at all cost, so they don't do any or less grooming. That way, they don't clean each other from parasites anymore. Also, because they don't live natural any more "they normally live in tree stumps and such", animals are missing which eat these mites normally anyway. So it's a double fail! There are studies and observations about this, especially in Germany. If you leave these Honey Bee`s alone, they start grooming each other after enough honey collected and defend themselves. It`s about "US" again interrupting other species behavior." Sugar powdering is absolute bull, it does kill many bees also.

[@fordman38]

There was a study and a report done by the Australian department of agriculture and water. Titled "Varroa mites on Asian honey bees in the Torres Strait" This study contradicts what your saying in this video. It's worth a read.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

I will get there. This was the first study in 1987. Let's keep moving. I am giving a historical overview. There are tons of studies to show. Thanks for stopping by.

[@williambowers5994]

Great video thank you for making it

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Glad you liked it!

[@AshGreen359]

So where do we get these bees?

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

It is ilegal to transport bees species around. Please don't even think about it.

[@tomtom1729]

love you men form greece!

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Thanks

[@dimkoron]

Misleading title , we have no progress against varroa just wishfull thinking .

[@GEEZBEEZ]

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

My pleasure!

[@williamsummers6438]

If you change the hive environment by changing its design features you can be varroa treatment free. You just need to make an environment that reduces the varroa replacement value over each generation. This is not so hard. Forget chemicals. Honey bees in Cuba and South America have apparently learned to deal with it. The reason is likely to be that the climate is hot and humid, both factors of which can benefit the bees against varroa in their own way. The propensity for varroa to die away in a humid hive was found out by accident when a laboratory hive was accidentally left at a higher humidity than others and that one lost its varroa. The precise mechanism of varroa destruction by humidity remains a mystery, but with a very small creature it probably drowns it. The standard vertical bee hive entrance at the floor level of a thin walled vertical hive with ventilation at the top causes a cooling stack (or flue) effect internally. This cools the hive in winter and takes away its humidity all year. If, in a standard vertical hive the bee entrance/ventilation was placed at the top of the brood nest (under the queen excluder in summer) a VIBEZ (Ventilated Integrated Bee Entrance Zone) is formed giving a “bucket” of humid air in the brood nest below. Wrapping the brood boxes of a thin walled vertical hive with aerated concrete blocks is also a major benefit for the bee’s thermo-regulation duties, particularly in winter. The temperature of the brood nest is important in the fight against varroa as it affects the pupa hatch period and therefore the time available for the varroa to mature in the cells. The temperature over the time of day and position in the brood nest affects the pupa temperature. Below 29C. and above 37C. the pupa die. At 35C. it takes 10-11 days to hatch. At 31C. it takes 14-15 days to hatch. If you are already committed to the thin walled vertical hives as most are, consider making those modifications to test their efficacy. If you are not committed, the ZEST DIY hive is functionally free of varroa in so far as it does not need treating for it. It has many other advantages in cost, effectiveness and benefit to the bees and bee keeper. It is made from aerated concrete blocks which have 39 times more Resistance (R) to the passage of heat than a thin walled wood hive, is humid and functionally free of varroa. It also has top entry. If you want to know more about varroa free hive design go to the ZEST web page, and read the free E-Book going to pages 21 to 24 and 50 where the mechanism for being varroa free is explained. There is a U-tube that you may also want to view titled “Build your own bee hive-healthy bees-zest hive”.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Thanks for yout thoughts. Is there any reading matrial about your observations?

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

"At 35C. it takes 10-11 days to hatch. At 31C. it takes 14-15 days to hatch." Could you please provide your reference materials please?

[@williamsummers6438]

@@InsideTheHiveTV See reply to Mike below

[@digger07747722968]

I’d like to see the scientific data to back up your claims. The one thing I would say is if you think l the ZEST hive is varroa free your are living in a dream world, I’ve worked with ZEST hives on many occasions over several years. With regular surveillance via things like alcohol washes I can categorically conclude that varroa is still an issue in a ZEST hive - much like all the other hive types I have tried. It’s a fascinating claim though and so interesting that we seem to see two completely different sides to this. Warm regards D

[@williamsummers6438]

@@digger07747722968 Whose ZEST hives if you please and where?

[@ravilal3349]

A new queen is born in a queenless box but there are three to four drone bees in this box, will the queen mate? Please inform

[@vittorinaisolatto992]

Grazie per la traduzione in italiano .

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Prego :)

[@lagrangebees]

Are Apis Mellifera and Apis Cerana genitically compaible? If so, maybe creating a hybrid would help transfer the grooming behavior over? Although I Randy Oliver's resistance breeding program is making great progress last I heard (close to 50% resistance, so still a few years away)

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Two different species. They don't mate with each other andproduce fertile sibblings. There are many breeding programs with good results out there. I will bring some of them here.

[@LadyAlriandi]

What you are suggesting was tried before and became the africanised bee problem that is happening today. Hybridising bees ain't going to be as good as one thinks

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

@@LadyAlriandi Just to be clear. I am not suggesting any mixing of species. Actually I think this is pretty bad!

[@badassbees3680]

We've had truly feral bees dating back hundreds of years and some of them still get slammed..people always selling "resistant " bees,my ass vhs,smr ,grooming,mauling is hygienic not resistant. Some resistance yes,resistant no..my bees are best bees on the planet I believe ,especially compared to everyone else's I've tried or helped with and they can't all beat varroa, although they do handle them very well compared to Georgia and Mississippi and Cali queens I've tried...the Russian bees can't do it hardly either,we don't have those bees,their bred down with watered down worn out genetics ,I'll stick with my bees.

[@scotthoneyfarms5459]

Facts!

[@drpk6514]

Would be interesting to hybridise these two varieties. Hopefully this time we woulndnt get something like Africanized bees.

[@luckydragon1972]

its the size of the honeycomb - free bees make the comb smaler - most problem with Varroa have bees with bigger honycomb size - a few years ago i watch a documentary about that issue - the problem with Varroa came from the idee to make the size of the comb bigger to earn more honey .....

[@amwartwork]

paul stamets talks about this with his work on funghi

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

That would be a great livestream right?

[@FullFrontalExposure]

What’s going on in Australia?

[@LadyAlriandi]

Varroa destructor was found in Port of Newcastle Australia back on the 22nd of June and NSW DPI and the beekeeping clubs and councils are doing a scorched earth policy of 10km around a positive case. No one is going to treat it as treating just means the mite survives. It seems extreme but that's the risk we are taking to not have it at all.

[@ronny2290]

I think if apis mellifera could grow naturaly and not by beekeepers Selection they would find a way to handle that enemy. Nature find a way, every time.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

They are out there in forest already surviving by themselves. The problem is to make the commercial bees more resistant.

[@drumcdoo9050]

Intrigued to know Humberto, why Asian bees (Apis Cerana) are not used to produce honey across Europe? Is it perhaps because of a warmer climate they come from and cannot survive European winters or somethhing else? Would seem an obvious solution to control a devasting problem...

[@havanadaurcy1321]

Alert: Asian invasive species kill European honeybees.

[@campcreekhill8933]

The mite can be treated effectively stop hunting for clicks….

[@sonofthunder.]

i thought it was proven they dont feed on hemolymph

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

The consume both. Hemolymph is a small portion of the diet. The great part is fat bodies.

[@inthewoods6857]

i do wish good vids would stop the background music...

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Too noise or different music?

[@socalbeeremovalandrelocation]

There's no such thing as Africanized killer bees

[@charlesbeehner5378]

Why not get Asian honey bees?

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

they are terrible for beekeeping. swarm like hell and many other problems. VIdeo coming.

[@lukacsnemeth91]

Oxálsav szublimmáció!!!

[@pablodetorresnievas5071]

Click bait

[@jeremiahyeo5863]

Africanized/killer Bees are pretty effective in performing this grooming behavior and ridding them selves of Verroa mite almost entirely. Second to them is the ankle biter. They also have this same grooming behavior but they are a bit spicier in there temperament than most of the European honeybees.

[@badassbees3680]

That is nothing more than hygienic trait bees have naturally, don't be deceived ..I have over 20 "ankle biters and Martha maulers" and never ordered any lol because it's bs it's what Carnies do...