Apivar® 2.0 New Formula - Less Amitraz - Faster Varroa Mite Drop - Mite Treatment for Honey Bees, Strips Fit Langstroth, Dadant & More, No Withholding Period - (4 Packs)

Will recommended if you grow bees. this product has saved the life of my bees and now I am ordering them at least 3 times a year just to make sure that I have it in case that will need. They are easy to use

After I put this in my bee hive I noticed my bee population increased alot. I just don't like that I can't use the honey.

Me dejé llevar por la descripción del producto; dice “12 Pack “ y en realidad son 12 tiras. Es carísimo, comparado con lo que hay acá en Chile

Pros - Can treat when temps are hot. Doesn't shut down brood rearing like other treatments. More affordable than some options. Cons - Synthetic chemical that lasts longer in the hive than organic alternatives. It's losing it's effectiveness as mites become resistant to amitraz (active ingredient in Apivar) Make sure you test for mites again after treatment. It's losing it's effectiveness and you want to know if you still have a mite problem so you can try another option before the hive is too sick to make it through winter.

as advertised. very easy to install in the hive and the bees are thriving

These work fine

They were delivered today and have less than 3 months left before expiring. Might date Oct 12 2023. I put 3 stars because yes they are supposed to be still good but is an old product that has been around on a shelf.

I had to wait to install these into my hives until the honey supers were off but put them on about two weeks ago. They were super easy to just slip between the brood box frames. The directions recommended wearing protective gloves so I just wore latex gloves over my bee keeping leather gloves and threw them away in the bag with the packaging. It took a bit of work getting latex over the leather but worked out really well. One package with 4 strips treated one of my two brood box hives. I ordered a second package for my second hive. I did not notice any odors from these and my bees don't seem to care that they are in there at all. I checked the slide out tray under one of my hives yesterday and it was covered in dead mites! My mite loads did not indicated that high when I tested but there were loads of them in the tray. They stay in about 6 weeks so I hoping to get a good window that I can get them out in a month depending on temps. That is the only concern that I have using these at the end of the year is that you don't want to leave them in over the winter. So far though, these are working at decreasing my mite loads and I have nothing negative to say thus far.