george pesticides do reek havoc on all bees. but it is not the only cause of colony collapse. i attended a symposium a couple weeks ago put on by our bee keeping club. experts from the us dept of ag were there, along with many other experts in the apiary field. last fall beekeepers experienced massive hive losses across the u.s. our club experiences 30-40 percent hive losses, hives were vacant, no bees, no brood, but ample honey and pollen stores were present in the hives. majority of losses were directly related to varroa mite infestations and the diseases they carry. they discovered last year bees were imported from eastern europe that carried three new diseases, israeli acute virus, kasmir acute virus, and chronic bee paralysis. about 70 percent of the commercial bee hives in the u.s. get shipped to california for the almond tree pollination, and then on to other farms for pollination. when done, they get shipped back across the u.s. to their homes. well, the infected bees went to california, infected a lot of the hives, then got spread back across the u.s. these bees then infected a lot of the local hives. they also discovered a new mite from south east asia, the tropilaelaps mite, similiar to the varroa mite. the usda put an import ban on all oversea bees, including canada and mexico. also, the small hive beetle (from africa) is doing a lot of damage to hives. the usda is trying to educate beekeepers to start I.P.M (integrated pest management) for all beekeepers to at the very least, limit the damage from these parasites. the latest approved mite treatment is the oxalic acid vaporizer to treat hives. the varrox vaporizer is the cadillac of the units. they also recommend a probiotic to feed the bees to maintain hive health. a home made probiotic is (to make one quart) 2 parts water, one part sugar, 3-5 drops lemon extract, 3-5 drops mint extract, and 3-5 drops lemon grass extract. (note these are extracts, not essential oils. ) the lemon grass extract is hard to find locally, but available on amazon. the recommend feeding in spring and fall, and anytime the bees are stressed. there is also a new strain of nosema that got here, nosema ceranae, it causes a lack of build out around june. there is also american foulbrood,(you have to completely destroy and burn and bury the hive if infected, european foulbrood, (treatable), and chalkbrood. sorry i got a little winded, but wanted to share with any beekeepers here.
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