Day 5: Caring for Your Bees (Hive Inspections, Feeding + Pests) [30-Day Challenge Series Ep.5]

In this video you'll learn on the BeeWareOnline channel that now your bees are settled in, it's time to start caring for them. A rapid-fire crash course about hive inspections, feeding bees and pest control.

Here's 18 years of beekeeping husbandry training and experience in JUST 17 minutes on how to care for bees as a beginner! This is one SUPER CONDENSED episode!

Get my lean overview of what your 3 KEY responsibilities as a beekeeper are:

🔎 HIVE INSPECTIONS :: FEEDING :: PEST MANAGEMENT ⚙️

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#1 Treat with oxalic acid spray or formic acid.
#2 Treat using drone brood.

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REFERENCES:

www.startbeekeeping.co.za/main
Varroa Sugar Test - https://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisi...
https://coloss.org/articles/3426/
https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13046
https://richard.odemer.info
[Drone larvae image src: Tim Schuler NJDA]
https://coloss.org/articles/3426/ - varroa brood image source

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