Week 1- Dead Outs – Mites

Reading
Better Beekeeping – Kim Flottum
     Chapter 4 The Working Class
     Chapter 5 Wintering Your Bees

Additional documents and links

• When Disaster Strikes – MSBA
• Bee Disease Diagnosis Service – USDA
• Autopsy Worksheet
• Varroa Mite Reproduction – Bee Culture
• Tools for Varroa Management – Honey Bee Health Coalition
• Sugar Roll Method
• Ghost in the Hive – Ricarda Kather

Week 2- Swarming

Reading
Better Beekeeping – Kim Flottum
     Chapter 1 Growing Your Operation
     Chapter 3 Royalty

Additional documents and links

• Swarming Reviewed – Tony Jadczak (MSBA)
• Swarming Control – MAAREC
• Breaking the Brood Cycle

Week 3- Sustainability

• Controlling Varroa by Disrupting the Brood Cycle
• Absconding bees or death by Varroa? by Rusty Burlew
• Let Mites be Mites by Rusty Burlew
• Queen Introduction – Tony Jadczak (MSBA)
• Give Bees a Chance