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kill bee larva by laying eggs on them.
Apiaries in the Midwest would drop from thousands to barely more than a hundred. And while major farmers grow bigger, major beekeepers have taken their operations down in size.
Wellemeyer combats the bees by painting the sides of each hive with mineral oil. The oil irritates the bees and makes them groom more often, hopefully removing the mites in the process.
“The hardest thing to do is keep the hives alive,” Wellemeyer explains. “You have to constantly stay on top of stuff. Bees are always developing and beekeepers are always finding out ways to do things.”
A changing breed has made things difficult as well. African honey bees made headlines years ago when they escaped from a Brazilian breeding plant. The “killer bees” made headlines for stinging deaths across the Southern United States, but beekeepers must watch for strains of African in the gentle Euronean honevhee.
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