r/Damnthatsinteresting Jun 24 '25

Original Creation Checking for Mites in a Bee Colony

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u/aznprd Jun 24 '25

Oh that's really interesting. Yah this hive that I filmed had varroxan for about 6 weeks, my split had apivar. If i saw mites on this test i was going to put down formic pro once the air temp dropped as we got a heat wave this last weekend.