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MiteAway Quick Strip |
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Announcing a new weapon in our arsenal to battle the Varroa Mite. In January of 2011 the Mite Away Quick Strip (tm) should be available in North America. Working with beekeepers all over the world, this new strip formulation of formic acid not only kills adult Varroa mites but also kills 95% of the Varroa under the cappings. Treatment consists of simply laying the strips across the frames for only 7 days with daytime temperatures of 50-92 degrees F. No residues and it can be applied during a honey flow. Leave it on the hive for the bees to dispose of or the strips can be removed and composted.
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Good stuff. | |
| Worked well for my operation of about a dozen hives. No problems at all. Be very careful when handling product as the fumes are very strong. | ||
| - Rhett, GA | ||
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melvin | |
| I purchased this product this year and the bees hate it. I put them in just as instructed and lost one new hive early this summer becuse of them. I tried them again last week and ended up taking them back out just so the bees would go back in the hive. If anyone has any advice on this product that could be of any use Im all ears!!! | ||
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good control | |
| I used this product during the summer when temps were almost too high but we had a window of 3 days of cooler weather. Pads are hard to get out of bag. Be careful when opening pail because of fumes. I put an extra super on large colonies to give more internal cluster space. Very few dead bees and a very small amount of dead brood. No bad effect on queens. Good mite control and now mid winter these colonies are my best ones. | ||
| - C Anderson, SC | ||
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easy to use but de careful | |
| Applied to 3 hives. First, be careful when opening the bucket. Fumes emminate upward from newly opened bucket and are strong. Would suggest a chemical respirater and chemical resistant gloves -at least nitrile -be worn. There are TWO -2- pads per bag, so plan the number you will need accordingly. The covers were tough to cut with heavy gloves over my nitriles, but this may be partial the scizzors fault. If I were doing this again, I would suit up with a respirator under my veil and after opening the pail -at shoulders height with arms outstretched-, cut open the number of bags I needed BEFORE going to the apiary. I would keep the pads in the bag and the bags in the pail until I placed them on the top bar. ----- I had a small die off the next morning 100 to 300 bees per hive ,but this may have been a coincidence due to seasonal change in weather and time of year, and not due to the product. Effect on mites, not yet known. | ||
| - Jeff Thompson, WA | ||
