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INSTRUCTION FOR MiteGone® TREATMENT FOR VARROA AND TRACHEAL MITES

The 2019 revision intends to give you a highlighted set of instructions in viewable/printable documents.

PRINT WHAT IS APPLICABLE TO YOUR LOCATION & SITUATION AND PUT INTO YOUR FIELD MANUAL

Besides the actual Bee Mite Treatment you use, the two most important things are:

TIMING and TESTING

Regardless of what method, pesticide, or homemade potion you use all varroa mites treatments in late September or October are too late! The damage to a winter bee‘s brood is already done and the colony may collapse.
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.

Performing Verification Testing Before treating bees for mites is a Must! Tests at other times do not relate to our experience. DO NOT TEST AFTER TREATMENT YOU WILL HAVE NO NATURAL DROP BUT DYING MITE DROP. Use Natural Drop collected over 3-5 days and prorated to 24 hours. Drops below 8-10 mites are proof your last Bee Mite Treatment worked and you are below the economical damage threshold. Treat even with ‘0’ drop results. Each spring, send at least 100 bees for slicing to confirm there are no Trachea mites to cause damage.

EFFECTIVE, NON-WEATHER DEPENDANT MiteGone® FORMIC ACID TREATMENT FOR CONTROL OF VARROA AND TRACHEAL MITES:

Requires the delivery of 6 grams of Formic acid for every 5 frames of bees in a standard deep Langstroth hive. One pad’s evaporation surface will achieve this rate at 75°F / 24°C and 55% humidity (the same temperature and humidity that the bees maintain for brood and extends between frame & wall of the hive in a moderate climate’s recommended treatment times.) What happens if, while treating varroa mites with formic acid, your hives cluster and stop maintaining the temperature and humidity in the hive? Or, what happens if the humidity inside the hive reaches 90%?

THE ANSWER TO BOTH OF THESE QUESTIONS IS THAT NOTHING HAPPENS.

The Formic acid does not evaporate nor do mites get killed. Your treatment is simply on hold. When conditions improve, Formic acid will evaporate at a constant rate and mites will drop down into pool of heavy acid concentration and die. In reality a 5" pad treatment can last a month or longer.

DO NOT TAKE OUT PADS UNTIL THEY ARE DRY.

TAKE THE PADS OUT WHEN IT IS CONVENIENT SUCH AS YOUR NEXT VISIT TO THE HIVES.

DO NOT LEAVE THE PADS IN THROUGH THE HONEY FLOW THE COMB MAY GET CHEWED UP.

PLEASE PRINT AND SELECT FROM THE FOLLOWING PAGES. PUT THEM IN YOUR FIELD MANUAL. USE THEM AND YOUR BEES WILL FLOURISH.