Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 168, Why Dawn Ultra for Varroa Washes? Is this robbing behavior?

2022-07-23

Welcome to another episode of Backyard Beekeeping Topics. This is the audio track from Friday's Youtube presentation: https://youtu.be/zYH4EXvFDUA Topic and associated time stamps are as listed below: Generously provided by Adam Holmes 1) When doing a mite-wash, why does everyone say Dawn Dish Soap? 5:17 2) Does Freezing Honey kill the antioxidants and antiviral properties? 22:29 3) is there a way to tell if an abandoned hive is being robbed, or if a new colony may be moving in? 27:01

Welcome to another episode of Backyard Beekeeping Topics.

This is the audio track from Friday's Youtube presentation: https://youtu.be/zYH4EXvFDUA

Topic and associated time stamps are as listed below:

Generously provided by Adam Holmes

1) When doing a mite-wash, why does everyone say Dawn Dish Soap? 5:17

2) Does Freezing Honey kill the antioxidants and antiviral properties? 22:29

3) is there a way to tell if an abandoned hive is being robbed, or if a new colony may be moving in? 27:01

4) You've done a video about wax dipped Hoover Hives, I recently heard that Hoover hives are treated with the wrong kind of wax. 32:50

5) I caught a swarm in a trap and neglected to take it down for a month. The foragers are returning to where the hive was. Any ideas? 38:04

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