As is oft repeated, "Ask 10 beekeepers a question, get 11 answers".
Yesterday, at our January 20 meeting, Daniel Ziehli, Wisconsin State Apiary Inspector, presented us with a talk on honey bee diseases and pests, and recommended an assortment of commercially available products to combat them. If I was a new beekeeper, or thinking of becoming a beekeeper, I’d have been overwhelmed with the various treatments and timetables for treatments, not to mention the expense. Because I found some his recommendations disturbing, and in conflict with Best Management Practices as I know them, I am sending this link to a pdf on the University of Minnesota Bee Lab's website. This pdf has to do with what their current research shows to be the best practices for prevention and control of diseases and pests. Some is in agreement with what we heard yesterday, and some of it is in direct contradiction. Another (albeit researched) opinion. https://www.beelab.umn.edu/sites/beelab.umn.edu/files/_2016_disease_pdf_version_s.pdf If you're new to the sport of beekeeping, don't get discouraged and overwhelmed. Study what's available and keep coming to the meetings. We discuss numerous alternative practices, and each beekeeper decides for her/him self which avenue they want to pursue. Gerard
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