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BEEKEEPER'S EXAM|| LATEST
UPDATE 2025|| VERIFIED
How to Diagnose American Foulbrood - ANSWER -dead brood
-holes poked in capped cells
-sunken cells
-die upright in cell
-black scale
-ropiness test
-pupal toungue
-test kit
How to Treat Deformed Wing Virus - ANSWER -treat for varroa mites
-requeen
-feed
How to Diagnose Varroa Mites - ANSWER -powder sugar roll
-sticky bottom board test
-may see a mite
-alcohol wash
-prescence of viruses
-chewed down brood
-spotty brood pattern
-sunken brood
How to Manage Varroa Mites - ANSWER -monitor them
-keep a strong colony
How to treat Varroa Mites - ANSWER -requeen
-cage the queen
-chemical treatments
-apistan
-apivar
-checkmite+
-Apilife Var
-Apic Guard
-Formic Pro
-Powdered Sugar
-Hop Guard II
-MiteAway
-Oxalic Acid
, How To Diagnose Small Hive Beetle - ANSWER -if you see a lot, you have a problem
How to Control Small Hive Beetle - ANSWER -strong hive
-discard burr comb
-freeze frames with hive beetle larvae
-reduce patrol area
-add brood and bees
-use beetle traps
-entrance reducer
How to Diagnose Wax Moths - ANSWER -large larvae
-silk cocoons
-silk webbing
-tunneling
-adults flying around
How to Control Wax Moths - ANSWER -have a stong colony
-freeze damaged frames or give them to a strong colony
-reduce patrol area
-add brood and bees
-cull old dark frames
-use moth crystals when soring frames
-place in open air shed with sunlight
How to Diagnose Tracheal Mites - ANSWER -dissection
-increased winter loss
-slow spring buildup
-less honey production
-abnormal clustering in the winter
-fecal spots
-bees that can't fly crawling around at the front
How to Treat Tracheal Mites - ANSWER -requeen
-methanol
-grease patties
How to Diagnose Tropilaelaps clareae - ANSWER -deformed brood
-colony decline
-colony may swarm or abscond
-drone uncapping
-not introduced to North America Yet
How to Treat Tropilaelaps clareae - ANSWER -I can't find anything
How to Diagnose Bee Louse - ANSWER -comb damage
-loss of brood
BEEKEEPER'S EXAM|| LATEST
UPDATE 2025|| VERIFIED
How to Diagnose American Foulbrood - ANSWER -dead brood
-holes poked in capped cells
-sunken cells
-die upright in cell
-black scale
-ropiness test
-pupal toungue
-test kit
How to Treat Deformed Wing Virus - ANSWER -treat for varroa mites
-requeen
-feed
How to Diagnose Varroa Mites - ANSWER -powder sugar roll
-sticky bottom board test
-may see a mite
-alcohol wash
-prescence of viruses
-chewed down brood
-spotty brood pattern
-sunken brood
How to Manage Varroa Mites - ANSWER -monitor them
-keep a strong colony
How to treat Varroa Mites - ANSWER -requeen
-cage the queen
-chemical treatments
-apistan
-apivar
-checkmite+
-Apilife Var
-Apic Guard
-Formic Pro
-Powdered Sugar
-Hop Guard II
-MiteAway
-Oxalic Acid
, How To Diagnose Small Hive Beetle - ANSWER -if you see a lot, you have a problem
How to Control Small Hive Beetle - ANSWER -strong hive
-discard burr comb
-freeze frames with hive beetle larvae
-reduce patrol area
-add brood and bees
-use beetle traps
-entrance reducer
How to Diagnose Wax Moths - ANSWER -large larvae
-silk cocoons
-silk webbing
-tunneling
-adults flying around
How to Control Wax Moths - ANSWER -have a stong colony
-freeze damaged frames or give them to a strong colony
-reduce patrol area
-add brood and bees
-cull old dark frames
-use moth crystals when soring frames
-place in open air shed with sunlight
How to Diagnose Tracheal Mites - ANSWER -dissection
-increased winter loss
-slow spring buildup
-less honey production
-abnormal clustering in the winter
-fecal spots
-bees that can't fly crawling around at the front
How to Treat Tracheal Mites - ANSWER -requeen
-methanol
-grease patties
How to Diagnose Tropilaelaps clareae - ANSWER -deformed brood
-colony decline
-colony may swarm or abscond
-drone uncapping
-not introduced to North America Yet
How to Treat Tropilaelaps clareae - ANSWER -I can't find anything
How to Diagnose Bee Louse - ANSWER -comb damage
-loss of brood
