As the days are getting longer, and we are all looking forward to those extra rays of sunshine, you are not alone in the desire to stretch your legs and get fit for the warm season. Your bees are “stretching …
In autumn or winter, as soon as the temperature drops to below 10°C, bees prefer to stay inside the hive and sit closely together, forming a cluster around the queen. Only a few insects, such as ants and honeybees, can survive the winter as a colony.
Each year, thousands of beekeepers use treatments to combat Varroa destructor. These treatments are based on different active substances and offer different modes of action, kinetics and application forms. Yet, it is often forgotten that a mite treatment is, first and foremost, a veterinary medicine.
The Véto-pharma R&D team will now occupy part of EVA in order to intensify its search for new active substances to combat major bee predators, including Varroa mites.
