Shaken and stirred

Good and bad news about my bees. The regional bee inspector visited again today to see if the EFB has been eradicated. It hasn't. He found two more cases. Thankfully my hive does not have it. But he said it is suffering a serious varroa infestation. Eeeek. It's probably only survived so long because it is so strong. The infestation is causing quite a few cases of deformed wing virus turning up which are just going to proliferate as the colony winds down for the winter. Poor creatures. Anyway the recommended treatment is "EFBshook swarm" which means moving them to fresh comb and destroying the old. Bugger. It means all my careful preparation has almost been for nothing. I need to get on with it too or they will not be strong enough to survive the winter. Poor, poor creatures. I need to get on and order the bee gear so I can do this. The timing is going to be tricky though.