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!  For 2024 we have simplified reporting via an online form and we want to encourage you to report the results of every test by clicking the button below. If you enter test results for three consecutive months, you will automatically be entered into our Mite Busters program, will receive a Mite Busters shirt and be entered in a drawing for premium gifts. If the online entry is too daunting, you can also download one of the forms below and submit a paper entry.

​Requirements for shirt and drawing

  • For all TVBC club members current with dues as of August 1, 2024
  • Have three online entries, or
  • At the October meeting submit the PDF or excel form below showing a mite check for three consectutive months (ideally August, September, October):
  • We also welcome photos of your journey (mites, mite tests and mite treatments).
  • Entries will be tabulated in November.

Rewards

  • Every entry will receive a Mite Busters t-shirt
  • Major gifts including restaurant gift certificates, bee magazine subscriptions and bee supplies.
Mite Busters Worksheet
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File Type: pdf
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mite_check_excel_sheet.xlsx
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File Type: xlsx
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Meet Vern the Varroa Mite. Whenever you see our anti-mascot, Vern, yell "BOOOOO"