Howdy All
I notice that the hive that swarmed last sunday they are dragging out young bees with chewed wings which tells me they are removing mites but this hive has no queen and the young queen hatched out the other day. Will this help them in keeping the mites down since no no brood is present in the hive my drones are ok they have no signs of deformed wings just only a few workers that are being thrown out. Now since the young queen will be a while laying i just would like to know if this break in the brood cycle will keep the mites down the bees are Minn. Hygenics.
Thomas
I notice that the hive that swarmed last sunday they are dragging out young bees with chewed wings which tells me they are removing mites but this hive has no queen and the young queen hatched out the other day. Will this help them in keeping the mites down since no no brood is present in the hive my drones are ok they have no signs of deformed wings just only a few workers that are being thrown out. Now since the young queen will be a while laying i just would like to know if this break in the brood cycle will keep the mites down the bees are Minn. Hygenics.
Thomas