Has anyone seen/tried this ?

[deanrpwaacs]

Take a look at @SimplyHops's Tweet: https://twitter.com/SimplyHops/status/644991833404272640?s=09

 

[pargyle]

Take a look at @SimplyHops's Tweet: https://twitter.com/SimplyHops/status/644991833404272640?s=09

HopGuard. Not yet available in the UK .. apparently they are waiting for European Approval before it can be introduced into the UK. I tried to buy some via a US Distributor but was turned down for the above reason ..

It sounds interesting but unless you can get someone to buy it in the US and have it shipped to a US address and then get them to send it on to you here you are probably not going to be able to try it for a while yet.

 

[For want of a better word]

BHAs.... you could try crushing a few aspirin tablets ( Salacylic acid) perhaps mixing with honey as an emulifying agent and smearing that concoction on your colony?

OR many anti wrinkle creams seem to contain both Alpha and Beta acids.

I will stick to thymol... anothe aromatic!

mytten da

 

[Erichalfbee]

HopGuard. Not yet available in the UK

The trouble with Hopguard, I gather, is that the strips dry out pretty quickly so they are active for only a few days. Some beekeepers in USA are reported to have to put new strips in every four days for three weeks so unless the formulation has changed it's going to get expensive and a chore to do.
Having said that knock down is good. Maybe we might need it yet.
I'm impressed with my Oxalic sublimation so far.

 

[sipa]

How about this, maybe..

Rhubarb leaves contain oxalic acid.

Dry it, burn it in your smoker.

 

[pargyle]

How about this, maybe..

Rhubarb leaves contain oxalic acid.

Dry it, burn it in your smoker.

With the amount of OA in Rhubarb leaves you would need a bonfire full of smoke force fed through the hive ... assuming, of course, that the smoke contained the OA ... probably more chance of dead bees than dead varroa !!

 

[notagain]

I think Randy Oliver in the US may have run a few tests on his hives..

his scientific beekeepink site is interesting.

especially the sugar dusting tests

 

[rook66]

Another silver bullet
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[For want of a better word]

Another silver bullet
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Nos da

 

[rook66]

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Nos da

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bee-Guard...162402?hash=item280a84ba22:g:gmwAAOSwPcVVzXo8

 

[For want of a better word]

Further research may no doubt reveal that this device only works if placed on a Leyline and the hives are aligned with the rising moon when Mars is eclipsing Jupiter.

Nos da

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

apparently it's the ideal partner to a flow hive.

 

[Thymallus]

Further research may no doubt reveal that this device only works if placed on a Leyline and the hives are aligned with the rising moon when Mars is eclipsing Jupiter.

Nos da

Shhh, don't mention the lie lines, Pargyle will be after one to go with his scratching post CDs.

 

[For want of a better word]

Shhh, don't mention the lie lines, Pargyle will be after one to go with his scratching post CDs.

BUT Shirley... he has already eliminated varroa from his bees by allowing natural evolutionary control to take over instead of pouring various acids over the poor little girls in the deep mid winter?

I know of some who have accomplished this by simply aligning colonies with Leylines and performing rituals involving some rather strange mushrooms!



Yeghes da

 

[rook66]

Read on Beesource that a strain of BT toxic to varroa has been isolated by Mexican researchers. It looks very promising

 

[charlievictorbravo]

Read on Beesource that a strain of BT toxic to varroa has been isolated by Mexican researchers. It looks very promising

What does the abbreviation BT mean?

CVB

 

[Hivemaker.]

What does the abbreviation BT mean?
CVB

Bacillus thuringiensis.

 

[charlievictorbravo]

Bacillus thuringiensis.

Thanks

CVB

 

[beebot]

Further research may no doubt reveal that this device only works if placed on a Leyline and the hives are aligned with the rising moon when Mars is eclipsing Jupiter.

Nos da

Wrong again. It is Venus - how many time do you need to be told!!!

 

[pargyle]

Wrong again. It is Venus - how many time do you need to be told!!!

Now you are completely wrong ... it's when it's aligned with Uranus ....