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

by Véto-pharma
2 October 2019

Oxybee in an oxalic acid-based veterinary drug to control varroa mite population. To better explain you all the key stages for using Oxybee correctly, the Véto-pharma team made a tutorial

Oxalic acid : flash treatment of varroa in winter

by Véto-pharma
26 September 2019

Véto-pharma recently launched Api-bioxal in the U.S., an oxalic acid treatment that controls Varroa mite infestations in honeybee colonies. Api-bioxal is an EPA-approved oxalic acid treatment and is strictly controlled,

Apivar Tutorial Video: how to properly use Apivar strips?

by Véto-pharma
17 July 2019

Veto-pharma has recently released a revised tutorial video for its market-leading Apivar miticide, providing hints and tips for successful treatment of colonies.

Véto-pharma is in search of the varroa treatments of the future

by Véto-pharma
25 April 2019

Véto-pharma’s innovation team has tested 38 new active ingredients to combat varroa using its unique molecule screening method, in order to identify which molecules might be used to develop the

Veto-pharma Updates its Varroa Guide for 2019

by Véto-pharma
24 January 2019

Whether it is people, products, or processes, the Company is always on the watch for developments that drive improvement, helping move the business to a new level of performance in

Oxalic acid in beekeeping – adding a new chapter to the long history of a succes

by Véto-pharma
16 October 2018

In the decades long fight against varroosis in honey bees, caused by Varroa destructor, oxalic acid has been suggested and investigated early on as an efficient active compound.

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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.