Screened Bottom Boards are the most important componet of Intergrated Pest Managment
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Make them yourselves, buy them from us or buy them somewhere else, but get them on your hives!
Country Rubes
20693 Dog Bar Road
Grass Valley, CA 95949
530-913-2724
rubes@countryrubes.com
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Available at these fine stores and catalogs. Please order from the distributer closest to you to save on shipping. Click on the link to go directly to website.
Jones' Apiaries, Farmington, CT
860-677-9391
info@jonesapiaries.com
Welcome to our newest distributor
Southwest Bee Supply
844 S 6th Ave
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 882-7522
No web site, but check this out
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Beekeeping was never on the list of things we wanted to do but suddenly in 1995 our farm simply stopped producing due to lack of pollination. As 30+ year organic gardeners, we were disappointed to discover that in order to keep bees we would have to use some type of pesticide to save them from the Varroa Mites. The least toxic form of chemical is Apistan® which is no longer killing all of the mites, but knocking them down to the floorboard where they are revived and climb back on the bees. These tougher Apistan® resistant mites require a stronger pesticide to kill them.
Trying to get back to our organic roots, we started working with screens, sticky boards and powdered sugar (click herefull instructions) to control Varroa Mites. This board is the accumulation of years of experiments plus the help and advice of our more experienced beekeeper friends. We are excited about the results we are getting and are sure you will be equally pleased.
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