Cesky

since 1995

Protecting bees against Varroa and Tracheal mites with:

In temperate climates of USA, Canada, Europe, and the Southern Hemisphere, treat the average hive twice a year with 65% formic acid and MiteGone dispenser pads. (For tropical, subtropical and specialty applications, see instructions)

Instructions: Do Not Unwrap the Pads! Cut the pads and soak them in acid. After soaking, pin 3 soaked half-pads to the outside of the outermost comb, cut down, and put it in the hive in late August. Leave the pads in the hive for 40 days or until April. Refill or put 2 new pads into the hive in early April. Throw out the pads in late May.

Availability: The MiteGone™ Treatment is Astonishingly Simple! You buy the acid locally. Buy the pads by the box directly from MiteGone or associates.

Benefits & Side Effects: Following this method will get rid of Varroa and Tracheal mites carrying viruses, reduce Nosema and Chalkbrood, as well as the Lesser wax Moth. It will also help to increase the effectivity of screen bottom boards and will repel the small hive beetle from the hives.

Design: MiteGone™ evaporator pads were designed by the beekeeper – for the beekeeper, and have been successfully tested and used commercially since 1995 by beekeepers in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Since 2000, MiteGone has been available and tested worldwide. Use and experiences in Canada, USA, Europe, Argentina, Chile, and New Zealand have showed that:

The MiteGone Product and Method:

1. Is one item that is inexpensive, simple, and easy to use in many ways. Available as a dry or pre-soaked pad.

2. Is not weather dependant, but adjustable to internal humidity or local conditions. The product works as long as the bees do not cluster. The bees maintain steady internal temperature, humidity, thus maintaining the evaporation rate in the bee hive.

3. Eliminates blast method overdose symptoms, queen losses, drone infertility, brood and hive mortality. MiteGone uses the continuous low dose release method which works on the principle of evaporating a miniscule but steady flow of acid fumes through the hive which is finally contained at the bottom board. This forces bees to ventilate through this pool of acid and deliver a low concentration of acid's fumes to the brood chamber, knocking the mites off and killing them in the pool of heavily concentrated acid fumes on the bottom board. These methods do not cause overdose symptoms and are not weather dependent.

4. Fits into the existing bee space between the frame and wall in the hive without any additional box, rim, or equipment. Heat and humidity is maintained by bees only between frames.

5. Allows for variable dosage to treat colonies of different sizes including nukes by a simple cutting of the dispenser, thus varying the size and evaporating surface of the dispenser to allow a different dosage.

6. Contains enough acid to allow for 21 or more days of treatment to treat low, medium, and high infestation levels.

7. Eliminates measuring acid into a dispenser. The product soaks and holds the exact amount of acid automatically.

8. Contains acid without dripping and evaporates acid at a constant rate on the principles of capillary tube and gravity.

9. Is a one-visit treatment that does not require any specific time for removal or disposal. Remove it after 40 days, or when pads are dry the next time you work the hive.

10. Is reusable/disposable for the commercial operator but allows for re-use by the penny-pincher without transferring diseases. Re-soaking in formic acid sterilizes the pads.