The KRTP Bee Health Monitoring Program sampling began slowly at the beginning of May, with a few beekeepers asking for sampling earlier in the season, but most asking to delay my spring visits. In all, 18 beekeepers registered for the program and a total of 31 yards were sampled this spring, covering all beekeeping regions in Manitoba. While some hives sampled early in May had some higher varroa levels (e.g. 2%) just after beekeepers had applied treatments, overall mite levels for all hives sampled this spring were very low (avg = 0.21%). One notable exception was one beekeeper who had treated with Apistan and still had a few hives with some higher levels post-treatment.
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