Today we were able to find and mark BEEYONCE.

John, our bee trainer, was able to help us find her because he is a very experienced beekeeper and then he trapped her and marked her with a white dot.

Finally, we applied a treatment of Apiguard which is a varroa treatment. The gel contains a chemical called “thymol” which the bees don’t like but doesn’t harm them. They carry it out of the hive, killing the varroa mites which live on their bodies along the way. Hopefully this will kill most of the varroa mites in the hive and ensure that they can make it through the winter.