TVBC Mite Busters!!!

Do you love honeybees and hate mites?! So do we! Join the Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club in taking a stand against mites this year! We call ourselves the TVBC Mite Busters and we are ready to conquer some mites!  Details below.

​Requirements

• For all TVBC club members current with dues as of August 1, 2019
• At the October meeting submit a form (to bee provided) showing a mite check in August, September, and October including for each month:
  • How many hives do you have?
  • How many hives did you check?
  • Date
  • Has this hive been treated prior to August?
  • Mite Count
  • Treatment?
  • If you treated did you lose a queen?
• Send photos of your journey (mites, mite tests and mite treatments) to club

Rewards

• Every entry will receive a Mite Busters 2019 t-shirt
• Every entry will be entered into drawing for
  • 1 new hive and 1 new nuc from Mike Morrison
  • $100 Gift Certificate for Chandlers

With proof you submitted your September results for the Pollinator Partnership "Mite-A-Thon" September 7-14

• Entered into a drawing for $50 in Mite Treatments for 2020 (Thymol and OA)

After the Bee Informed Partnership survey is published and you provide proof you completed the survey

• Entered into a drawing for $50 in Mite Treatments (Thymol and OA)

Meet Vern the Varroa Mite. Whenever you see our anti-mascot, Vern, yell "BOOOOO"

Questions?

Ask Club President and Resident Mite Killer, Mark Nagel

Mite Busters Worksheet
File Size:	55 kb
File Type:	pdf

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2019 Mite Buster Results

• 33 beekeepers participated
• 118 out of 145 total hives tested
• 106 hives treated
• 43% were treated prior to August
• 9 queens reported as lost
• Highest mite count – 56%
• Number of hives with no treatment - 12
  

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