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

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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
13 January 2022

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.

Most asked questions concerning Apivar

by Phil Craft
27 October 2021

No need to introduce Apivar anymore! It is probably the most used registered miticide in the United States, and beekeepers have LOT of questions on specific cases or scenarios of

Why using illegal treatments put your bees at risk

by Véto-pharma
27 October 2021

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,

Monitoring for varroa: determining the level of infestation, and using the results to aid in control

by Phil Craft
21 July 2021

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

A behind-the-scene look at varroa mite treatments

by Véto-pharma
25 February 2021

Each year, several thousand of you use treatments to combat Varroa destructor. These treatments are based on different active substances (amitraz, oxalic acid, thymol, formic acid, tau-fluvalinate, etc.) and offer

A behind-the-scenes look at Apivar: find out more about its manufacturing

by Véto-pharma
29 January 2021

Did you know that in Europe, the treatments to combat Varroa destructor are registered as veterinary medicines? For instance, the manufacturing of Apivar is strictly supervised by the European and

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