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- Usage Policy – Legal Disclaimer
- Contact Us Help – About Us
- Press Releases - Old Beeman Inventions Series
- Brochure
- Handbook - Manual
- Posters for Seminars & Presentations
- How MiteGone Works
- Instructions & Rules
- Treatment Variations – Other Uses of Pads
- Tropical Climate Treatment
- Filling Pads in Field
- Prefilling Pads – Reuse
- Hive Equipment
- SMALL HIVE BEETLE -MITEGONE AS REPELLENT
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Formic Acid Principles, Requirements, Thinning, & Formulas
- Advantages & Disadvantages
- Acid Handling, Safety, & Respirators
- Testing – When, How Many, How – Materials
- Prices – Canada - USA - Europe - International
- Cost of Treatment - Mitegone - ApiGuard - MiteAway II
- Seminars
- Design Criteria
- Scientific Evidence – Papers Supporting MiteGone
- Formic Acid Registration
- Other Languages:
LEGAL DISCLAIMER, USAGE POLICY
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CONTACT US – ABOUT US
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- How to Contact Us and Helpline
Title: Contact Help for Manual
Footer: MG/PD/Handbook/Contact Help for Manual – C
A PDF version of the Contact Help page to be put in beekeeper’s manual for easy reference.
- Bill Ruzicka & MiteGone
Title: Bill and MiteGone Summary
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History of the development and present use around the world.
- What Bees we Have
Title: Title: Invention Series Part 2
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PRESS RELEASES - OLD BEEMAN INVENTION SERIES:
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This Document is also available in Word with pictures in separate files so the publisher can format the release to suit his layout, in a zip file below:
- Old beeman series Part I.
– Introduction & Silver Bullet
Title: Invention series Part 1
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- Old beeman series Part II.
– What Bees We Have
- Vernon Stock
- How to keep own stock
- Best Grafting House I Know
Title: Invention Series Part 2
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BROCHURES, HANDBOOK & MANUAL:
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- Brochure: Simple How to Use MiteGone for General Show Distribution Only
Title: Brochure
Footer: MG/PD/News-Media/Brochure Aug 09 AR
Available in Word, associates please email Bill Ruzicka to request a copy of the Word format to be able to add your contact information to bottom of front page of brochure.
Print Landscape on both sides. Cut in half to produce brochure. This method will work in 90% of applications. The set of instructions in the Instruction Section must be used in real field applications.
THE 2004 TABLOID PRINTED HANDBOOK AND MANUAL SHOULD BE DISCARDED AND REPLACED WITH THE CURRENT EDITION.
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The Handbook
12 pages of worldwide experience. Principles of evaporation and types of treatments in all kinds of weather and equipment was improved and updated.
The Manual of Treatments
Was simplified and changed into subject sections in large print to form the field manual in your 3-hole binder. 66 pages includes all instructions, acid safety, and the testing sections.
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POSTERS FOR PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS:
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These can be laser printed on proper equipment to any size you wish.
17 x 22 inches is a commonly available size.
- Mitegone Design Criteria Poster
Title: Design Criteria
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Everything Mitegone formic acid treatment can do for you.
- When to Treat and the Cue Poster
Title: When to Treat
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Explains how damage is done to winter bees with one treatment in late fall only and why to treat twice a year and when.
- Formic Acid application Methods Poster
Title: Application Methods
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Explains difference between blast/flash methods and low-dose continuous release method.
- Advantages of MG Acid Treatments Poster
Title: Advantages
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All 12 advantages in one poster.
- Disadvantages and Overdose Symptoms Poster
Title: Disadvantages
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All disadvantages are a result of poor application, blast/flash methods, carelessness, and misinformation.
- MiteGone Pad Prep Station Poster
Title: Pad Prep Station Maintenance
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Field pad prep, picture with description of all items matching the manual. Page 2 is the maintenance and packing instruction of material.
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HOW MITEGONE WORKS
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- How MiteGoneWorks
Title: How MiteGone Works
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Set of principles and laws of physics used in MiteGone development explained in layman’s terms.
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INSTRUCTIONS - EQUIPMENT - RULES
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- Treatment Selection General
Title: Treatment Selection
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Timing, dosage and entrance size
Effective formic acid treatment
Treatment days
Placing pads – Preparing Hives Abstract
- Treatment Variations in Cold, Hot, Dry Climates
Title: Hot Dry Humid Use
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How this affects treatment and what to do about it in detail.
See “Other Uses and Cuttings of Pads” to see how to cut the pads.
- Simplified Instructions for Temperate Climates
Title: Simplified Instructions
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This method will work in 90% of applications. The set of instructions in the Instruction Section must be used in real field applications.
- Simplified Instructions for Almond Pollinators.
Title: Almond Pollinators
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All possible options, when and how to treat in migratory operations and almond pollination
- Instructions for Tropical or Sub-Tropical Climates
Title: Instructions for Tropical Climate
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- Other Uses and Cuttings of Pads
Title: Other Uses of Pads
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How to cut pads for various treatments
- Filling the Pads in the Field
Title: Filling Pads in Field
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The most effective, safe, and economical process of application. Includes all equipment, acid filling station, and its maintenance.
- Fast Cutting and Filling Pds for Commercial Operators
Title: Fast Cut n Fill Pads
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A way to cut and fill 100 pads in a moment.
- Prefilling Pads – Dry Kits
Title: Instructions Prefilling Pads
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Pros and cons of prefilling, warning, and proper packaging for prefilling pads
- Reuse of Pads
Title: Reuse of Pads
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Pros and cons of saving and the best reuse method.
- Hive and Equipment
Title: Hive and Equipment
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Preparing hives for treatment – How important it is
Effects of equipment on evaporation .
Effects of acid on equipment - corrosion
- Screened Bottoms
Title: Screen Bottom Boards
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Efficacy and maintenance improvement.
Pros and cons of using screen bottoms.
Effect on evaporation systems.
How mobile is Varroa.
- SMALL HIVE BEETLE -MITEGONE AS REPELLENT
Title: Small Hive Beetle
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Formic acid as repellant for beetle.
Experiences with beetle in Florida.
- Frequently Asked Questions
Title: Frequently Asked Questions
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19 most common questions about acid use and the MiteGone method.
- Treatment Help and Checklist
Title: Treatment Help and Checklist
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Sign up for the updates and notice of changes. If you fill this out and email it back to me, I can help you to succeed.
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ACID PRINCIPLES, REQUIREMENTS, & THINNING FORMULAS
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- Formic Acid Use Handbook
12 pages of worldwide experience. Principles of evaporation and types of treatments in all kinds of weather and equipment.
- Requirements, Calculations
Title: Acid Requirement Calculations
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How to determine the amount of 65% acid required for the treatment of your apiaries, and how it translates into the 85-90-95% acid concentration you can buy.
- How to Thin Acid and Thinning Formulas
Title: Thinning Formulas
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Safe and practical way to thin acid from a barrel or small kegs, ratios, equipment approved containers, and sources.
- Acid Specification
Title: Data Sheet
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A government specification of common industrial grade of formic acid, hazard & safe handling information.
- Advantages of Mitegone
Title: Advantages
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Advantages of a properly designed delivery system.
- Disadvantages Being Claimed about Acid Treatments
Title: Disadvantages
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All disadvantages are the result of poor application methods, overdose, 85% concentration, carelessness, and misinformation.
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ACID HANDLING, SAFETY, FIRST AID, RESPIRATORS, SPECIFICATIONS, INJURIES, & UNTRUE RUMORS
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- Safe Use and Handling of Liquid Formic Acid
Title: Safe use Handling of Liquid Formic Acid
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Respirators, Practicality of Safety in Beekeeping, Times & Application, First Aid Storage, and Disposal Legality”
- Ready-to-Use Pads and Acid for Own Use or Resale
Title: RtoU Pads Acid Storage
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Advise to associates & customers - How to be safe and meet legal requirements of handling acid:
- Government Data Sheet
Title: Data Sheet
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- Acid Injuries and Untrue Rumors
Title: Formic Acid Injuries
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Collection of rumors, injuries, reasons, and truths. Canadian use has a clean slate. Acid is not carcinogenic. With proper precautions, even minor finger blisters are rare.
- Waiver for MiteGone User, Usage Policy, Acid Safety & First Aid
Title: Waiver - Usage Policy - Acid Safety
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shall be printed, signed, and sent in with your first order. By purchasing the product you are signing this waiver and give away the right to sue.
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TESTING:
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- Verification Testing for the Infestation of Varroa and Tracheal Mites
Title: Verification Testing
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Introduction, Conclusion, How Many to Test, When & How.
- Methods of Testing for Varroa Mite Infestation, Resistance & Efficacy
Title: Methods of Testing
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Methods of Testing for Varroa Mite Infestation, Resistance, and Efficacy
A complete summary of what the test means, how you can find your resistance or the efficacy of the treatment you are doing right now, what infestation you have, and the treatment you need.
- Drop or Sticky Board Methods and Equipment
Title: Drop Boards Methods
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Instruction, How to Use, Drop Boards - Commercial or Homemade, Other Equipment, and Rules of Counting.
- Reusable Board and Screens
Title: Reusable Board
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Reusable Board and Screens
Sketch and Instruction, Material Specification, and How to Make Test Boards, Screens, and Lifting Tools for 24 Test Boards
- Verification Testing BLANK Chart
Title: Verification Testing Blank Chart
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Fill and use for your own tests. Send to me for advice.
Verification Testing Charts and Evaluations:
What the Numbers will Tell You
These charts provided the material and information allowing us to pass our recommendation on to you. The tests and results for 2006 and 2007 are in progress and to be added. I apologize, but it is too much work for a one-man operation.
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PRICES - CANADA - USA - EUROPE - INTERNATIONAL
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- How to Order - Order Form Package
Title: How to Order and PO Package
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- Cost of Treatment - MiteGone Pads & Acid
Title: Cost of Treatment MG
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Cost in US dollars for a year of treatment in the USA. Formula for figuring the yearly cost everywhere. All benefits of treatment.
- Cost of Treatment - Apiguard
Title: Cost of Treatment ApiGuard
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Cost in US dollars for a year of treatment and conditions of use.
- Evaluation of MiteAway II
Title: Product Evaluations - Mite Away II
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Evaluation submitted to PMRA in opposition to unnecessary registration in Canada in 2005 by opposing parties
- Canadian Prices
Title: Canada Pricing and Associate Program
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- Regulatory Proposal PR002009-0
Title: Regulatory Proposal PR002009-0
- Proposed Scheduling of 65% Formic Acid C94_05
Title: C94_05
A most sensible decision exempting formic acid from most pesticide regulations.
- US Prices
Title: USA Pricing and Associate Program
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- Formic Acid and MiteGone in USA
Title: Formic Acid and MG in USA
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- European Union Prices
Title: European Pricing
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- MiteGone Design Criteria Poster
Title: Design Criteria
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Everything MiteGone formic acid treatment can do for you.
- International Prices and Policies
Title: International Pricing
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HOW TO ORDER & PURCHASE ORDER PACKAGE
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DISTRIBUTION LICENSING
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Note: No printable literature exists. Print web pages if desired
SEMINARS - FOUR HOUR COURSES ON USING FORMIC ACID
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SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND TEST DATA
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- UNITED STATES PATENT US 6,837,770 B2
TREATMENT FLUID DISPENSER FOR CONTROL OF MITES
A list of claims, previous arts, comparison to Kramer-Miteaway
- CANADA PATENT CA-2323263
FORMIC ACID DISPENSER FOR CONTROL OF MITES
- AUSTRALIA PATENT AU-2007254636-B2
TREATMENT FLUID DISPENSER FOR CONTROL OF MITES
- SYNTHETIC MITICIDES CONTAMINATION and RESISTENCE
Courtesy of : Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com
The best summary of issues, impacts and resistance created not only by synthetic pesticides but also by the methods of application.
Original publication in ABJ Sept. o9.
- VAROA MITE REPRODUCTIONS GUIDELINE
Courtesy of Jeff Harris & Robert Danka USDA Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Lab
1157 Ben Hur Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70892
In our research and testing, we found out that mites surviving the treatment are in 80% infertile andwill not reproduce. This paper provides a layman's explanation of rules used in our research.
- MITEGONE AS SMALLHIVE BEETLE REPELLENT and EFECTIVE VARROA TREATMENT IN SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE
Bill Ruzicka and Steve and Mike Beekeepers. Abstract Published in April issue of BEECULTURE 2008. At time of print repellent effect on SHB lasted for 12 weeks and primary varroa control reached 80-85%. Final results will be collected in April – May before spring treatment.
Title :Test 2007 Mar 08 D1 .pdf
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- SURVIVAL OF HONEY BEES DURING WINTER IN COLONIES INFESTED BY VARROA DESTRUCTOR
Lonne Gerritsen, Applied Plant Research, Netherlands Supports our method in timing of treatment:
“To ensure winter bees Varroa has to be controlled before winter bees are produced.”
- EFFECT OF CONCENTRATION AND EXPOSURE TIME ON TREATMENT EFFICACY AGAINST VARROA MITES DURING INDOOR WINTER FUMIGATION OF HONEY BEES WITH FORMIC ACID.
Robyn M. Underwood and Robert W. Currie
This paper proves that slow/low dose prolonged treatments with formic acid will provide sufficient control of Varroa without negative effects.
- SCIENTIFIC ESSAYS ABOUT MITEGONE™ METHOD(VARROA DESTRUCTOR ORGANIC TREATMENT.)
Fleitas, J.L.; Rodriguez, A.B.; De la Fe, C.; Corbera, A.S., Gran Ca Naria Island, Spain. April 2005.
English version of the Spanish original. Before you complain about his English attempt to write this paper in Spanish. This paper proves that even very high infestations (100+) can be controlled in the fall by four half-pads, to have the spring natural drop below 10 mites. Also, with high infestation the multiples of efficacy of 4-5 are sufficient efficacy. In the spring, with low infestation, the multiples of efficacy reached 35 times, comparable to 95-100% efficacy.
Note: Table on page 7 is for March, not October. See pages 8/9 for summary of results.
- FORMIC ACID EVAPORATION PADS(MITEGONE) AS A Varroa MITE CONTROL TOOL: 2004 Formic Acid Preliminary Report.
Preliminary Report
M. Stanghelini, P. Raybold, and W. Wilson
Ruthers University, Dep. Of Agriculture NJ. 2004.
This paper proves 80% efficacy with three half-pads in double-high colonies.
- EVALUATION OF SELECTED BIOPESTICIDES FOR THE LATE FALL CONTROL OF VARROA MITES IN A NORTHERN TEMPERATE CLIMATE. ABJ, June 2004, page 475. Volume 144. NO 6.
M. Stanghelini, P. Raybold.
Ruthers University, Dep. Of Agriculture NJ. 2004.
This paper compares MiteGone one-pad treatment with other methods, even using one pad for 30 days had an efficacy of 79% in single colonies, 69% in double-high. Our standard treatment is two pads for single colonies, three pads for double colonies.
- PRUEBA DE CAMPO DE CONTROL DE LA VARROASIS (VARROA DESTRUCTOR) DE LAS ABEJAS DE MIEL CON ACIDO FORMICO Y DISTRIBUIDOR MITEGONE TM,
A.G. Pajuelo, Natalia Gil Garcia, Nestor Pascaual. (FIELD TEST IN SPAIN – IN SPANISH) October 2003.
This paper produces an efficacy of 90-100% using 2 and 3 half pads on hives having initial infestation of 20-50% in brood
- REPORT ON MITEGONE
Title: Test 2000
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A commercial slow release treatment with 65% formic acid.
CAN YOU MAKE VARROA SICK WITH FORMIC ACID? Excerpt from Hivelights, 200. Vol. 13 #4.
Adony Melathopoulos, J.Gates, and B. Ruzicka, Kelowna, BC, Canada, May – August 2000.
This was a first test for MiteGone. While vertical installation of 2 pads between frame and wall was similar to Apistan (no resistance in 2000), the horizontal application on top of frames did not provide good results, similar to untreated colonies.
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FORMIC ACID REGISTRATION AND EVALUATION LINKS:
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