Honeybee Varroa Measuring: Sugar Shake Sieve
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A sieve that can be glued to a cup to make a shaker for the sugar shake method for honeybee varroa infection measuring
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I made a remake of the 3D printed sieve by mjseabright so it can be used to make a shaker for the powder sugar method for varroa infection rate measuring of honeybees.
Use a suitable cup of around 750ml to 1000 ml (I used a 750g Greek yoghurt cup). Cut a hole into the lid and glue the sieve to the lid (I used super glue).
The uploaded .stl file for the sieve has a diameter of 108 mm. I also uploaded the file for Openscad, by changing the variables in the top of the file the sieve can easily be customized.
The powder sugar shake method:
- collect 100 ml bees from the honey super or the uppermost brood box and put them in the shaker
- add 5 slightly heaped spoons of powder sugar
- move the shaker so all bees are covered in sugar
- wait for at least 3 min
- shake for arount 60 seconds over another fine sieve
- return the bees to the hive, where they will be cleaned by their fellow workerbees
- count the varroa mites in the fine sieve
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