Fighting Varroa Destructor

How to build an effective strategy for monitoring and combating the most notorious bee parasite?

Our aim is to make a valuable contribution to the global fight against Varroa by enhancing beekeepers' knowledge. This menace affects beekeepers worldwide, and by expanding their understanding of Varroa, we hope to assist in this battle. We provide you with articles, comprehensive files, quizzes, and tutorials that will not only allow you to test your knowledge but also to enrich and deepen it.

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Clinical case: Varroa management challenges in Iberian Black Bee colonies

18 December 2024

Tropilaelaps mites: the next big beekeeping challenge

4 October 2024

Does a stronger bee colony lead to higher varroa mite infestation?

26 September 2024

The role of pesticides exposure in the explosion of varroa mite infestation

4 September 2024

Potential interactions between oxalic acid and amitraz in controlling varroa mites

by Véto-pharma
17 October 2022

Can we use Oxybee with a dosing gun? A question that we've been asked a lot! And the answer is a big yes. Yes, providing that you can set a

COLOSS presents “Biosecurity measures in beekeeping” seminar

by Véto-pharma
2 August 2022

The IZSLT (Italy) in cooperation with WOAH, FAO and Apimondia, invited veterinarians and members of the COLOSS honey bee research association to a seminar on biosecurity in the beekeeping sector.

Investigating amitraz resistance in French varroa mite (Varroa destructor) populations

by Véto-pharma
2 August 2022

Varroa management has become a necessary and routine task for beekeepers globally over the last decades. Without strategic varroa management, beekeepers risk the health and survival of their colonies.

Deformed Wing Virus (DWV-B): the deadly variant threatening honey bees globally

by Véto-pharma
19 July 2022

Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) and its spread around the globe is the focus of a recent publication by Professor Robert Paxton and colleagues from the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

What’s new with Apivar strips

by Véto-pharma
18 July 2022

The contents of this page are intended for the American public. The instructions for use of the miticites mentioned comply with US regulations. One of our team goals for 2022

Miticide resistance: Canadian varroa mites show high sensitivity towards amitraz

by Véto-pharma
16 May 2022

A research group from the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) has now taken a closer look at varroa mite sensitivity towards different miticides in the province (amitraz, flumethrin, tau-fluvalinate).

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