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: Persistent Varroa mite infestation despite rigorous monitoring

3 March 2025

Apivar 2.0: a new weapon against varroa mites soon available in the USA!

8 February 2025

How replacing wax combs benefits bee health and varroa control

18 December 2024

Clinical case: Varroa management challenges in Iberian Black Bee colonies

18 December 2024

Tropilaelaps mites: the next big beekeeping challenge

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

One of our team goals for 2022 was to give you a better experience with our amitraz-based treatment, Apivar strips.

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).

Treating against varroa with oxalic acid in summer ?

by Véto-pharma
9 May 2022

Beekeepers commonly use oxalic acid as a winter treatment against varroa mites (Varroa destructor) in regions with a natural brood break when bees form a winter cluster in the hive.

Treatment with Apivar lowers DWV titers and reduces honey bees’ susceptibility towards agricultural pesticides

by Véto-pharma
25 January 2022

The damaging effects of high varroa mite infestation and high prevalence of DWV (Deformed Wing Virus) on honey bee colony health are well known and continue to be a widely

Outlook on climate change: Higher seasonal temperatures are associated with increased varroa infestation

by Véto-pharma
19 January 2022

Effects of rising temperatures due to global climate change on honey bee colony development and health have been suggested in the past and are increasingly being investigated.

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Véto-pharma is a pharmaceutical lab focused on animal health, with a special emphasis on protecting honey bee colonies. We create, manufacture, and distribute a range of products aimed at tackling the critical diseases and challenges threatening bee populations.

Véto-pharma is a pharmaceutical laboratory dedicated to honey bees health that develops, produces and markets a range of drugs and products designed to combat the key diseases and problems that threaten colonies.