Prescription miticides

[snimmo243]

Has anyone used any of the prescription only miticides? I've been looking at apivar and checkmite
Steven

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[gavin]

Has anyone used any of the prescription only miticides? I've been looking at apivar and checkmite
Steven

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I used Apivar last year for the first time. It seems to have a good effect and is well tolerated.

Personally I wouldn't use Checkmite as I don't fancy the organophosphate coumaphos migrating into wax. It is used in the commercial beekeeping fraternity as a spot treatment.

http://www.apidologie.org/articles/a...116/m6116.html

One of the bad feelings I get when I hear of imports of bees from Italy in particular is that Apivar has been heavily used there for a while but is relatively new here. I haven't seen anything concrete on the development of resistance (in Varroa) to Apivar (amitraz) but it seems to be folly to be importing bees and Varroa from a country with that history of use.

[snimmo243]

Apivar was the one I was drawn to, the info on the other treatments was a bit harder to find. I think I will ask my Vet if they would be willing to obtain the treatments if I decide to try one

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[The Drone Ranger]

The new hop based one should be out next year
Might be called Hoplite or something

[fatshark]

HopGuard

There's an advert on YouTube that sounds like it's been recorded by a robot all about the stuff.

I heard Max Wilkins from Vita talk about it at the NHS … the two things I clearly remember were it could be used with supers on but it was only ~80% effective at clearing mites. Although I remember it clearly, I might remember it wrongly.

[The Drone Ranger]

HopGuard

There's an advert on YouTube that sounds like it's been recorded by a robot all about the stuff.

I heard Max Wilkins from Vita talk about it at the NHS … the two things I clearly remember were it could be used with supers on but it was only ~80% effective at clearing mites. Although I remember it clearly, I might remember it wrongly.

Well they missed a trick there my name for it is so much better

[fatshark]

Much better name I agree … it's just the image that put people off. What the hell is that by his left knee?

[gavin]

Much better name I agree … it's just the image that put people off. What the hell is that by his left knee?

Triple LOL!!

Must have nothing on under his kilt.

[The Drone Ranger]

That gets the varroa where it hurts
It's the pointy end of his sword
Were you thinking this guy needs a truss ?
The marketing should say "don't even think about crossing a Hoplite"

[EK.Bee]

Apivar was the one I was drawn to, the info on the other treatments was a bit harder to find. I think I will ask my Vet if they would be willing to obtain the treatments if I decide to try one

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If you have any difficulties, you can source it via mail order through Bridge St vet practice in Dumfries
You need to fill out an online form & they phone to confirm a few details then post it out
http://www.bridgevets.com