Api-Bioxal is the only oxalic acid-based treatment approved by the E.P.A. in the United States. You can apply it during various periods of the year. As winter is probably the best period to use oxalic acid, it is important to remind you why this active ingredient will be more effective than any other mite treatment at this specific time of the year.
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.
Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has granted registration for the sale and use of ApiLifeVar. To learn more about it, click here.
The effective recognized monitoring methods, alcohol washes and powdered sugar rolls, utilize a sample of approximately one-half cup of honey bees by volume. The purpose of both of these methods is to separate the mites from the bees in the sample, enabling the tester to count them and estimate the infestation rate in the colony.
