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Api Life Var - Varroa Mite Control

ApiLife Var | Varroa Mite Control

$4.95 - $4.95
$4.95
$4.95 - $4.95
$4.95

ApiLife Var | Varro Mite Control | Class C - Commercial PCP#33821

Varroa Mite treatments, including Api Life Var are a regulated Class C Pesticide under the Pest Control Products Act and Ontario Regulation 63/09. 
Class C Pesticides may only be sold to individuals who possess  one of the following:

A valid copy of at least one of these licenses will be required at purchase to acquire any Class C Pesticide treatment.

ApiLife Var is an effective and natural treatment against varroa mites based on essential oils Thymol, Eucalyptus oil, Levomenthol, Racemic camphor. This product is well tolerated and demonstrates high efficacy. It is a market leader in Europe for Thymol Mite Treatments.

Advantages:

  • Easy and safe to use
  • Excellent efficacy and tolerability
  • Natural product
  • Allowed in organic beekeeping
  • Known to have a synergistic effect when used as a treatment before using Apivar
  • Less likely to damage brood than other thymol-based mite treatments.
  • Does not interfere with feeding like some other products.
  • Also active against Tracheal mites
  • More cost-effective - priced below other registered Thymol-based treatments

Efficacy: Here's an article from Claudia Garrido in Bee Culture Magazine, comparing various thymol-based mite control products. Apilife Var was found to be the most reliable.

Hidden Benefits: Here's information about the beneficial side effects of Apilife Var

Pricing
Each $4.95
10+   $4.75
100+  $4.25
1000+ Please Call for Pricing - 905-753-2623

WHEN TO USE?
When temperatures are between 15 and 30°C (20 to 25°C is best) • Two treatments a year may be made, ONLY when honey supers are not on the hives.

HOW TO USE? 
1. Open the bag containing the two tablets. Handle the bag with care, the tablets are fragile! Check out this ApiLife Var video tutorial on Youtube! https://youtu.be/Ule6w19ZST8

2. Take 1 of the 2 tablets and separate into 4 pieces. Break the pieces evenly or cut with a knife or scissors. 

3. Open the beehive and set the separated pieces of the tablets outside the edge of the brood nest on top of the top bars (in the corners of the beehive). Only one wafer (split into 4 pieces) per hive.

4.
1st Application: Leave 7-10 days
2nd Application: Leave 7-10 days
3rd Application: Leave 12 days
4th Application: Only if necessary 

YOU NEED 3 TABLETS (1.5 BAGS) TO ENSURE A FULL TREATMENT.

ADVICE FOR USE:
• Balance the beehives according to their strength before the use
• All colonies in the same apiary should be treated simultaneously to avoid robbery
• Treat by introducing the product into the beehive either early in the morning or late in the afternoon towards sunset, avoiding the hottest hours.
• Do the treatment without supers
• Do not place the product in the center of the beehive or near the brood.
• Handle with care the package.

Download the ApiLife Var Brochure by Clicking Here.

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