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Diseases & Pests
March 13, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Meet in the bee yard to review bee diseases and pests. See Module 4.
Weather permitting, we will roll for varroa. Also need to check and feed our packages!
Fifteen people in attendance. Club COVID supervisor reviewed club policy: provincial guidelines to be followed (members with COVID symptoms should not attend, attending members wear mask covering nose and mouth and maintaining a 6 foot distance adhered to); only six members in the bee yard at one time; use hand sanitizer before entering bee yard. Discussion with handouts of bee diseases (see Module 4). Field work: lighting smoker demonstration; assessed overwintered colony, included rolling for varroa; four new colonies assessed, antibiotic applied and sugar syrup topped-up.