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Honeybee pests and diseases.
 #56  by DianeBees
 22 Jul 2018, 15:51
National Bee Unit leaflets on varroa

National Bee Unit Estimating Varroa mite populations -
www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=199
Managing Varroa - Beebase
www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=16


Simplest method of checking is to put a board underneath for a couple of days and then use their calculator.
http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/public/B ... ulator.cfm

Treatments list available at the VMD database
http://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/ProductInformationDatabase/

Find bees in the list (It's in other) and then search. This shows you the date the product was licenced.

Not all can be used when honey supers on are.