December 7, 2016/January 3, 20176.4°C and 3.6°C

To treat or not to treat. There's no question. (In my mind, anyway.)

People often assume that organic means treatment-free. In fact, the Canadian organic standards allows varroa treatment with formic acid, oxalic acid, and essential oils such as thymol, all of which are considered organic. To treat or not to treat is a subject of some controversy in beekeeping and beekeepers tend to feel strongly one way or the other....