Low Varroa Growth Part 1

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

So good to see videos again!!

[@b_northof5369]

Wow, I am glad you are back. I have watched most of your previous videos, over and over again. For beekeepers you are a valuable source of great information.

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Well blush U Brons. Thanks for your kind remarks.

[@theohiohousewife]

Thank you so much for coming back!!

[@shawnmartin9334]

Glad to see you posting videos again Paul. I am a big fan of all your content.

[@keithb3115]

Glad this source is active with a video. As a new beekeeper I'm watched their videos and would love to see more. This is a good source - unlike some others. Thanks!

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Thanks Keith!

[@TB-zl6le]

Can’t wait for the rest of the series. And welcome back! I’m not sure how many views your previous videos have, but I think most of them were from me😀

[@duncanjames914]

It was great to hear from Dr. Guzman on this amazing project. Thanks again for a super video Paul! I've learned so much from your videos.

[@oneshoo]

I’m in my third year and I do not think I would be where I am without your previous videos! As someone mentioned, I have watched them all, some of them 2 and 3 times. Thanks for all of the content and I hope you are able to provide us with new stuff? Looking forward to next 2 parts of this series. 👍

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Thanks very much for your support One Shoo! Great to hear we have been able to help you learn more.

[@chilisbees5381]

Great to see you back Paul! I started beekeeping after watching your videos two years ago. I am in the midst of doing varroa counts on my three hives and thought I would double check your original videos and this new video popped up! What fantastic timing. I can't wait to see the rest of the videos and the results of Guelph's research!

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Hi CB A delayed response! Great to hear you got into bees and are trying to keep them healthy.

[@roberth293]

It is soooooo nice to see fresh content from you again! If you are ever wanting to do a piece on what to do with frames of nectar that are too wet to process, but it's too late in the year to leave them on ... well ... you would have at least one of me watching it. Thanks for coming back.

[@ME_MeAndMyBees]

Re Wet Frames... You could Freeze the Frames, and thaw them out, and Feed back to the Bees when needed. Or see Kaymon Reyonolds Channel (YT) He 'extracts' this Honey (to feed back his Bees*, as a Honey Syrup, (I guess to free up the Frames) but as you said it's to late to Store, it might give you wet Honey to freeze in a 'smaller volume.' Maybe a Bucket, over a Frame. Hope this helps. 🙂 Happy Beekeeping 2021. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 * Only do this with your own Honey, on your own donor Hive, to stop the passing of disease or viruses !

[@irishmik]

great to have you back

[@calvinkalmon6746]

Really excellent, I have watched every video you all have put out, many of them multiple times...would love to see more!

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Thanks Calvin!

[@ابوكرمللسيراميك]

I miss you man, greetings from Iraq. Thank you very much for all the valuable information

[@DigitalDeliverance]

Good to see some more videos, your previous postings helped alot when i was starting out a couple of years ago

[@ADRYAN-farm]

I miss you man, greetings from ROMANIA. Always a pleasure watching your videos. THANK YOU

[@codybutler8718]

Well this was unexpected!!! Welcome back Paul!!!!! Can’t wait for the rest. Are you doing all the breeding traits within the Buckfast program or bringing in new genetics/traits?

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Hi Cody We are using our Buckfast stock and some from collaborating beekeepers. The challenge for me is to keep both breeding programs going at once.

[@michaelduncan6287]

LONG time no see! Good to see you back.

[@tintinmyint8490]

So valuable knowledges for us. Very interested video series too.We appreciate all your efforts.Thank you all. .

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Our pleasure! Thanks Tin Tin.

[@gardenfork]

Thank you for these videos. The audio quality is very good , especially when dealing with those windy days. - Eric.

[@bobbym3331]

Great to see you back. Really enjoy your videos! 👍

[@ianswarts1628]

Great to have you back. Great interview! Looking forward to more!

[@kamonreynolds]

Alright! Ian was hogging the Canadian bee spotlight too much and that felt very unCanadian like. Haha great video. Thanks Paul and co!

[@CastleHives]

Ian hogs YT plus all the Tim Hortons. .

[@kamonreynolds]

Well we all have our talents! One of these days I got to try some of the Tim stuff.... It better be amazing with all the hype.

[@arum236]

@@kamonreynolds spoiler alert, it's not 🤣

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Paul is a rock star

[@jdesmond4101]

Missed you guys. Welcome back!

[@primitivedaisy]

So glad to see a new video from our Northern neighbor! I have watched most of your videos, and they have taught me so much. I’ve done many splits using your methods. Keep em coming! 😊🐝

[@kirkmiddaugh9935]

Like all the other comments, so glad to see you back. Your videos have always been so informative. We'll be looking forward for more. Thanks!

[@CJ-ex8qh]

Glad you are addressing mites and happy your back.

[@HugoPerk]

Hey!! You are still posting videos. Glad to see it!

[@DawnieGTheBeekeeper]

I'm new to you channel, great info. I'm a 4th year bee keeper. Great honey production zero success over wintering. I'm frustrated with myself so I upped my game. I am taking a beekeeping class, reading everything I can, I'm in 2 clubs. Save the bees.

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Hi Dawnie It is tough at first but you'll get there. A real common downfall is not having good control of varroa mites. Your local club members and the courses will help you figure it all out.

[@andersl.6710]

Glad to see you again. From Sweden.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Paul you do a great job on these videos

[@lastphcm]

Yeah! I’ve missed your wonderful videos!

[@bamabeesqueens]

So glad you guys are back

[@Brandon-jw5cv]

Hey, you're back! Great meeting you all in Montreal!

[@joshuablack398]

great to see you back!!!

[@joer5627]

Wow! Welcome back, Sir!

[@CastleHives]

Appreciate the information here. So key for Beekeepers to have this knowledge out there.

[@محسنمن-ز7ن]

welcome backT as always very good video for learning

[@rchando]

We've missed your videos so much! Greetings from Jamaica

[@strugglingbeekeepermarkcot9642]

Great video can’t wait to see how this all goes.

[@GeorgeCMcRae]

terrific work! I appreciate the indirect mentioning of the new pinpointing of the mite feeding on fat bodies and also the work being done on fungus parasitism on the mites being done at Washington State, looking forward to the next videos!!!!

[@jasonfought]

Hey great video. Always love your videos. Thanks for all you do

[@dsstroyer]

Always a pleasure watching your videos.

[@kyle25rs]

Looking forward to seeing future videos on this project! Thanks for everything you do!

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Our pleasure Kyle. Cheers!

[@Loglakeliving]

Great work! Great information! I look forward to the next video.

[@HariBeeFarm]

Welcome back Mr Paul from India

[@enjoynaturehoney]

Am happy to see you upload 🙂🙌

[@rstlr01]

The information you share here is amazing thank you so much!

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.

[@kentmeredith2945]

Fascinating research! It’s going to be very interesting to see if specific genes can be linked to anti-varroa traits. What an incredible team you have there!

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Thanks Kent.

[@Irene-ke6to]

Great video! Very interesting. Thanks!

[@0pvo0]

Thanks for this intresting video, looking forward to more scientific bee videos. Kind regards from the Netherlands

[@PrintableScience]

Good to have you back Mr. Kelly. Neither you or Dr. Guzman mentioned heat treating a hive for mite control. Has the heat approach to mite control been abandoned?

[@whoeverit9087]

Irish bee has a video on using heat to treat for mites. He appears to get a high mite fall when it reaches the correct temp.

[@PrintableScience]

@@whoeverit9087 I know there are beekeepers that are heat treating their hives, but my question was intended to ascertain where academia and scientific researchers stood on the matter.

[@pedroruggieri8162]

Welcome back

[@seanlennon1976]

I really love these videos. Is there a pdf of this process that we can print out to have at hand?

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

No there isn't Scott but we have published articles on the topic. email [e-mail] for a copy

[@dougmoyer5391]

Good afternoon Paul, I have a question about your single brood management system. It looks like you use 10 frame boxes, however I have gotten older and started to switch over to 8 frames. Do you think a single 8 frame brood box would work for me here in Virginia? Thank you for any information you can give me. Doug

[@7744S]

Amazing , thank you so much.

[@HHRescues]

Very much enjoyed this video

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Thanks Destina!

[@HoneyCombCottageBeeOfficial]

Great video, thanks!

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Glad you liked it! Thank you.

[@kickeramps]

I'm ready to pull my supers off, but my hives are very full of bees. What will they do when their hive had greatly reduced size? Will they just have to hang out outside, or will it prompt swarming?

[@pufthemajicdragon]

I find that most beekeepers aren't interested in breeding varroa resistance. It's actually rather frustrating. For that reason, I don't expect to see much progress among the community as a whole for a long time. I'd be interested to know if you plan to sell queens or nucs from this program. Most of the VSH bees I've seen come from the southern United States and tend to be a bit more aggressive and may not winter well, so I'm really interested in the possibility of well-bred VSH bees from a colder climate more similar to where I live.

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Pasul great to see you again! We were afraid you had run off with Julia Fordham. Interesting that no one yet knows specifically how Oxalic acid kills mites.

[@carldaniels4827]

the host country, where the varroa orginated from, how are they dealing with the varroa?

[@Rockinjm1]

should you put a treatment for mites if there is no mites?

[@larrynoe5861]

I am enjoying your videos.But I am wondering what kind of honeybees do you have they are so gentle?

[@michaelshelnutt3534]

How will this project be different from the Saskatraz, the Pol-Line, the Ankle Biters, etc.?

[@michaelpariera4328]

Have there been any studies done on food grade mineral oil with food grade wintergreen oil?

[@fionmor4893]

I'm wondering if the VM injects an anti coagulant into the bee like other mites do

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Yes it does.

[@williamford8094]

can they not use a foot bath system like they use in dairy , cows have to walk through it

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

It is possible that your suggested method could work but other methods of treating for mites are simpler and require less specialized equipment.

[@alial_hassanal_khashashneh3728]

Beekeepers have many claims that I wish that they could be tested, one of them is using garlic would get rid of varroa and increase laying eggs.

[@coloradolivin1626]

Where have you been?

[@leroyharder4491]

Totally doable to make progress with better varroa resistance. I have made some progress with infestation levels of 1% in some colonies going into their 3rd winter without any treatments ever. With nucs started this year i am lucky to find a mite with over 100 pulled.

[@عباساذری-م9ث]

Thanks man..

[@Gdf143]

Hello sir how could I order some of your buck fast queens

[@kennith.]

So do you breed Chinese genetics into the Western bees since they have already developed behaviour and genetics.

[@rogierdikkes]

Is this coordinated with Arista research, or is this a standalone project?

[@rexlancaster3654]

Hey paul can you ship queens to the US if so how much

[@markodojcinovic3462]

Omg finally 😁

[@timjones6637]

Here is my good question.. if the Bees’s already mite resistant from another country.. why can we raise them here USA and forget the others?

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Hi Tim Beekeepers in the USA are breeding for resistance to mites. Encourage them by finding out who is doing a good job and buying their queens. We are showing one method of breeding for resistance here in Canada in our LVG series of videos.

[@timjones6637]

@@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre Great, Thank you 🙏

[@MMm-uc5ro]

Can I learn in university

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

Interesting

[@JustBees]

I have a great delivery method for oil of oregano.

[@UoGHoneyBeeResearchCentre]

Cool. We've done many trials with oreganol and found a good delivery method too. Over 90% mite control. Cheap and simple. The challenge now is to get this and our Thymol method registered for beekeepers to use.

[@djg585]

I hope the breeding doesn't change the desirable traits of Italian bees.

[@jerrydegroot1573]

We mist your video's!

[@alial_hassanal_khashashneh3728]

Natural habit of Swarming help bees with resistance of varroa, but of course it is bad for the beekeepers

[@billiamc1969]

If you are treating bees, you dont have hygienic or varroa resistant bees

[@markspc1]

Hello Paul. You have been missing in action. You suddenly desperate about two years ago.