Tip of the Month: Hive dive! For many, this is the time of year you want to get into the hive and see what they are doing in your brood boxes. Whether to test for mites or not is up to you, and you have testing options. Treatment options are also wide and varied, from extended-release oxalic acid strips to FormicPro 1 or 2 pad treatments, and many more. Depending on your treatment, you may also be feeding your bees (the recipe posted on the club’s website). For your bees . . . Happy (a nice hive to live in), Healthy (mite/disease control), and Heavy (food stores approx. 100 #) going into winter could lead to spring success.