Scientific Beekeeping

• Selective Breeding for Mite Resistance: Part 1

  Contents COLONY COLLAPSE REDUX?. 1 A SIDE NOTE ON RECENT COLONY COLLAPSES. 2 WASTED YEARS. 3 NOVEL HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIPS. 3 BREEDING MAY BE SIMPLE, OR MORE COMPLICATED.. 4 SELECTING FOR TOLERANCE OR RESISTANCE?. 4 HOW DOES VARROA’S NATIVE HOST DEAL WITH THE MITE?. 5 SOCIAL APOPTOSIS. 6 RE-EVALUATING SELECTIVE BREEDING STRATEGIES. 6 PROGRAMS SELECTING FOR […]

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• The Shift Toward Bioacaricides

  Contents SYNTHETIC MITICIDES. 2 BIOPESTICIDES. 3 PEST RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT. 4 SHIFTING TO “NATURAL” TREATMENTS. 5 MONITORING THE DEGREE OF MITE INFESTATION.. 6 TREATMENT THRESHOLDS. 7 PHYSICAL, MECHANICAL, AND BIOTECHNICAL METHODS. 10 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. 13 BIOLOGICALLY RESISTANT STOCK. 14 NOTES AND CITATIONS. 15     The Shift Toward Bioacaricides Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First Published […]

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• A Trial of Some Summer Treatments

  Contents Oxalic Strips (OAE) 1 Fig. 1 The bees shifted brood rearing away from the strips. 4 Extended-Release Thymol 4 Conditions During the Trial 7 A Note on Our Mite Wash System.. 8 Results and Discussion. 10 Acknowledgements. 12 Citations and Notes. 12 A Trial of Some Summer Treatments Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First published in […]

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• A Field Test of Apitablets

  Contents Feeding Thymol for Varroa Control 1 Setup. 2 Results. 8 Discussion. 10 Consumption/Removal of the Tablets. 11 Confirmation of Consumption. 12 Conclusions. 19 Acknowledgements. 20 Citations and Notes. 20   A Field Test of Apitablets Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First published in ABJ April 2025 I’m often asked by developers of new items for beekeepers, […]

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• Is Our Party Winding Down

  Contents Professional Beekeeping 2 The Beginning of a Boom 3 Indicators of Change 4 The Four Booms, Sprees, and Joyrides that We’ve Been Enjoying 5 I’ll Go Over Each of the Above in Turn, and Point out Early Indicators and Preparation. 6 The Demand for Bees for Almond Pollination 6 Early Indicators and Preparation 8 […]

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