The EPA paper for the product says 2 grams per deep box it doesn't differentiate between 8 frame or 10 frame so you could use 4 grams for those double deeps. Technically folks have used more in a research setting and had good results. Having 8 frame equipment we kinda get to float in that gray area and get a more effective dose legally with 4 grams since we have about 4 frames less than 10 frame hives have. Good video! I just finished our 3rd round of OA this week and saw a fair amount of dead Varroa. Thanks for sharing!

Great mod!

Love it, thanks

Great video BF. Hit them 4 more times

Interesting. And convenient. Question. How are you plugging those holes you are making in the hives? Ii would like to do that> And about the OAV, I love the tabs, yet are you aware that they new recommended dosage is 3-4 grams per deep box? they are finding that 1-2 grams are not doing a great job. And as far as the machines, do you know of any that work well that are under $300? Great video

Great video, great thing about those battery powered OA machines is you can do a bunch of hives on one battery.

Vaporization while cap brood is present has been shown to be quite ineffective since the majority of varroa is under the cappings of the brood. Effective OA vaporization occurs when the hive does not have capped brood. This was presented by Bob Binnie and KAMON Reynolds at a conference a few weeks ago….

If those tablets are 1 gram you should have put 4 in at a time, or did i hear it wrong?

Where did you get your vaporizer from?

I have the same vaporizer and I agree, a game changer. It makes it so easy and fast. When drilling holes in the rear I drill through the bottom board since I may do a few box reversals and use a golf tee in the hole after I am done. Using powder and 4 g per deep the temp drops to 395 to 405 and takes a little longer. Wish I had a 9 amp hour battery but my two 5 amp hour still gets it done. Have a good week.

Seems to be working pretty well. Thanks for spoiling us with two videos this week.

OA is the Way!🐝

Hat why don't you treat the hives from the front ? Make a adaptor to fit at the entrance. So you don't have to drill holes in the hives.

Been told from a suppler that the FDA just approved MIKe parlmer strips

never mind sorry youre just drop them in

Hi i dont think you push the plugger on the big hive at 5:12

Looks like a comment and your reply to it were censored.

Queen cell at 9:52, seems to be empty.

Im here for the bees. Your political views wouldnt offend me and its ultimately your choice. I know i enjoy hearing more about bees rather than politics.

The yellow Plasti dip is only 29 bucks

You got some nice millet growing (barnyard grass) in your bee yard. My cows love the stuff. 😂

Got plenty of corn there

😎🐝☀️ Great job!

Yeah, this got to be a clean in that box! Great video! You certainly did your work today… Hope you get to meet the other beekeeper😊

I like the voice over ;)

loving your beetle sucker, did that tip come with the sucker? ours doesnt have one like that.

First hive was nice a quiet and normal working activity, 2nd hive I could hear roaring when you opened it and many frames the bees were running around a lot.

Hope you use a good bug repellant, that looks like chigger heaven!

Is a laying brick the same as a laying queen? Do you come back and start finding new, small bricks around the yard? Lol! Glad to see things are doing well in your yard.

I'm concerned that even if they do make a new queen, she's not going to have anywhere to lay eggs because every frame is full of honey!!

I have something to say about SHBs, and how effective the HiveGates are in controlling them. Allow me to explain. Three years ago is when I first learned about the HiveGates. Invented by a guy names Kyle in New Zealand. I believe they were initially invented to both help with robbing, which they stop that in its tracks, and to help the hive control a perfect microclimate inside year round. But it was not until recently they discovered it stopped SHBs as well. Once placed on the hive, they need to extend outward from the hive about 3/4". This way bees only can enter by hovering and entering, or walking on top of them and crawling upside down and inside. Neither of which the SHBs are capable. So I did a test. I added Hive gates to all four of my hives. And two of them, i pushed the HiveGate completely level with the hive's entrance so bees could easily just walk it--yet could could the SHBs. Yet on the other two, I extended the HiveGates by 3/4" so only to let the bees which can hover enter or crawl upside down and enter and then I wait till hot summer days. Conclusion. With every inspection on the hives that had the HiveGates pushed in flush with the entrance, we would always open the lid to find 50 to 100 SHB.s corralled into a corner. The smashing began. Yet when opening the lids to the two hives where the HiveGates where extend outward from the entrance, zero SHBs were found--and that is with every inspection all year. ZERO!!! Wow, these HiveGates do it all. Stop Robbing in it's tracks, help the hives control a perfect microclimate YEAR ROUND, and stop the freaking SHB---those little bitc__es! I love these HiveGates

I love this channel. I am still queen blind unfortunately.

Hey sir what if you do 2 episodes for Friday 1 at the farm and the other one at home

Looked like an old episode of Benny Hill--hahaha......where were the naked ladies??? hahaha. Love it.

I tested 10 hives today and the numbers were up and down, my worst hive had 5 mites. I had plenty of apiguard left and decided to go ahead and use it. Each colony got 30 grams because its supposed to get warm again. Next week ill hit them with oav to do a clean-up. Ill hit them again later in the year. Ive got 1 queen in my whole outfit that just isnt cutting it. Im probably going to give her the smash-a-roni in a week or two if i dont start seeing some better brood patterns

I cheat when I mow my bee yard, I use the city's tractor with a cab and ac, fringe benefits of working for the city. I noticed on that first hive when you was in the brood box that it only had 9 frames, are you giving it a try. I know some people like it, I'm not a fan cause they build more bridge comb and they tend to build drone comb in between the frames too. Bout to pull all the rest of my supers off, goldenrod heads are starting to turn yellow and I want that in the brood boxes for winter. It's gonna be a little early this year.

2 out of 3 isn't bad. I like the 2nd hive got a frame of eggs. Now you will know for sure. Have fun.

I cant let my hive raise a queen this late in the season we do not have good drones and we only have till oct just is not enough time here hope it works out for u.

I did that today my self took 5 stings while I did it i had to use a weed Wacker mine was nowhere as big as yours. u have lots of room it is really nice there where u are. The deer is great. I got them fed and checked for the winter now I just feed, dec I will do 3 treatments of oa and Put candy on all my hives then wrap them it is getting close to the end. I did the evaluations and when I do that I try to stay out so there is no chance of killing my queens. I will feed till the temps drop. I am trying to encourage the queen to continue to lay I like large clusters for winter. I enjoyed your video. I hope you and your family have wonderful week.

enjoyed your video. Thanks! Im curious if you find that spraying some sugar water helps the bees stay calm. I have a couple of hives that have huge bee populations and i am finding that inspections are. challenging with all the bees.

I like your channel for the bees. I think I would enjoy your political views but would not like the comments they generate😢, so keep it light and happy about bees! And this might be a geographical term so take with grain of salt, but I think when you mentioned the “ locusts”, you meant cicadas - different bugs here in IL. Locusts are similar to humongous crickets and they eat, eat, eat; Cicadas are noisy because they r looking for a mate and they do not really eat in this last stage of life (eat underground all those years before they emerge) and yes, two Broods emerged this year at the same time. Keep on videoing! ❤️🐝🐝 in Northern IL.

I hate those things!

I live in Arizona, very hot! I always use OA because not only does it not build up any resistance, is able to be used with honey supers on, but it also has no upper temp limits...

Hello farmer! Why does the feeding hole in the lid have an elongated shape instead of having a circular radius? Minute 2:35.

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I miss the sting o meter too.😊 I enjoyed the videos on wine making too. I appreciated the Jurassic beeyard.

What is the blue thing in front of u in your garage. Thanks

U can say what u want on your you tube channel I am VOTING PRESIDENT TRUMP I was better off when he was in office. every thing was better when he was in office.

Ha u are going to really enjoy the vape I have had 1 for 2 years now and it makes life easy I am glad u found your queen hope u have a blessed week

Great video BF. Can't wait to see you blast those mites!