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Washington County bee inspector reports mite problems after 116 hive inspections in 2024
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County bee inspector Blaine Nay told commissioners he inspected 23 apiaries and 116 honey bee hives in 2024, found European and American foulbrood in some yards and emphasized mite monitoring and beekeeper education.
Blaine Nay, the Washington County bee inspector, told the County Commission that he inspected 23 apiaries and a total of 116 honey bee colonies in 2024 and found both European and American foulbrood as well as colonies with high parasitic-mite counts.
Nay said Utah’s inspection law, adopted in 1992, requires counties to appoint inspectors to monitor honey bee health and that his work focuses on detecting contagious diseases and teaching beekeepers how to manage mites and other problems. He said state testing for disease is available to registered beekeepers at no cost and that…
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