Oxalic Acid Winter Mite Treatment

Oxalic Acid is now approved for use.  Beekeepers should treat in the most broodless time – which I estimate to be between Thanksgiving and MLK day in Mid January.  See some nice resources including a video on the method here: ...

PWRBA News, Elections, etc.

PWRBA elections are Tuesday January 12th 2016 at our regular meeting.  We need only four people to fill the open offices (President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary), Please consider stepping up and participating. If you want to run for office send Ben Gimeno...

Varroa Mite Testing Kit

Are you a bit tentative on how to assess for mites?  The University of Minnesota has developed a wonderful Varroa Mite Testing kit to use the sugar shake method.  This measures a proportion of mites within the colony, so it is much more specific than the sticky board...