where to put apiguard?

[popcornpie]

This is my first post, please be kind!
I have a national brood and a half. I have extracted my honey (very exciting and very yummy) and now thinking about apiguard.
My question is where do I put it? The brood is in the bottom box. The top 'half' box has the bees' stores in. If I put the apiguard on top of the half box, is it too far away from the brood?
Thank you

 

[snelgrove]

place on top of half box and use a spacer to hold tray.

 

[popcornpie]

Thank you. Stupid question, but is a spacer the same as an eke? Can I use an empty super?

 

[B+.]

Can I use an empty super?

Yes. An empty super is just a deep eke by another name ;-)

 

[Davelin]

If I were you I would put the 'half' under the brood and put the apiguard on top of brood box.

If you put the half with stores under they will bring it up as needed and wont waste heat going upwards.

You should also put your varroa tray in when you put apiguard on otherwise vapour will just fall out of the bottom.

 

[popcornpie]

 

[For want of a better word]

We use crown boards with 2 size ekes attached, one standard beespace other 18 mm to accommodate the pads supplied wit the tubs of Apiguard

Yeghes da

 

[Millet]

Sure about that JBM? Uncontrolled release of liquid or so!id can be quite problematic

When i used Apivar strip's the bee's chewed them to bit's and the remaining mess was caught on the inspection tray that still continued to put the vapor in the hive.. if the inspection tray was not in place i'm sure i would have wasted most of my varroa treatment..

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes, one of my lot chewed it up and spat it out of the entrance.
This year I'm vaping Oxalic.

 

[Finman]

Bees do not touch the thymol pad, when it relese thymol gas. When pad is expired, bees chewe it in pieces.

 

[Millet]

Try telling my bee's not too touch the thymol.. the chewed up apivar strip on my inspection tray had definitely not expired as i could smell it from 10yrd's away from the hive..

 

[Finman]

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Are you sure that strips had enough thymol?

 

[BeeJayBee]

Try telling my bee's not too touch the thymol.. the chewed up apivar strip on my inspection tray had definitely not expired as i could smell it from 10yrd's away from the hive..

Apivar doesn't contain any thymol, it is "a Varroa Bee mite treatment in the form of a rigid polymer strip impregnated with Amitraz".

 

[Millet]

http://www.----------------.co.uk/item/161/api-life-var

 

[Finman]

Apivar doesn't contain any thymol, it is "a Varroa Bee mite treatment in the form of a rigid polymer strip impregnated with Amitraz".

Sorry... I have mixed the name...it is not thymol stuff...

Head line spoke about Apiquard which is thymol. And issue shanged to Apivar suddenly (plus ha ha)
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IT it better that different stuffs are not mixed under same headline, because their affect very differently.

I have had varroa 34 years and I have taken care about it without forum advices. To me varroa is not ha ha ha thing.

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[Davelin]

http://www.----------------.co.uk/item/161/api-life-var

Api-life-var and Apivar are totally different.

Bit like privet and pivot.

 

[MartinL]

Api-life-var and Apivar are totally different.

Bit like privet and pivot.

More like umbrella and roof really, used correctly (as intended by the manufacturers), they both keep out the rain!