Episode 206 – Varroa Week Wrap-Up: Norroa Explained and Is It Worth It? 🐝🛡️

In this final episode of Varroa Week, we cover Norroa, a newer treatment approach designed to disrupt mite reproduction rather than kill mites directly. We also recap the week, talk through real-world cost and use considerations, and look ahead to the next round of spring episodes.

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What’s Inside This Episode:

• Colony 69 inspection report and removing the feeder for added brood space

• How to locate queens by reading eggs, larvae, and brood patterns

• Why queens shrink before swarming and enlarge during peak laying

• What Norroa is and how RNA interference targets mite reproduction

• Why Norroa is more preventive than curative

• Honey supers, application timing, and brood box dosage needs

• Real-world treatment costs and where Norroa may fit strategically

• Full Varroa Week recap and what topics are coming next

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