RBKA IPM Day
Last Updated on Monday, 23 June 2008 23:24
Surrey Integrated Pest Management Day hosted at the Reigate Association Apiary at Mickleham
Beekeepers from six divisions were instructed on different methods to better control pests within their hives these included the use of mesh floors, drone trapping, icing sugar dusting testing for resistant mites and being led through the hives to demonstrate various pest management techniques available for them to use in their home apiaries
After the theory, two groups put their new knowledge into practice with practical demonstrations on some of the association colonies.
Alan Byham demonstrates dusting a jar of bees to indicate varroa levels within the colony
RBKA Chairman Bob Maurer leads a group through the polystyrene hive we are running this season to evaluate it's merits against traditional wooden hives