Amitraz resistance Varroa Mite and Queen Breeding- Dr. Frank Rinkevich USDA

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

42:00 WHAT!! First I’ve heard of this!!! Good stuff We need more research into this

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

There are more coming about this. Exciting stuff! How practical for commercial beekeepers? that is another question. Let's keep going.

[@mediteranskopcelarenje-tar1205]

Great video,,, especially about propolis efficiency...

[@chamberelga1653]

This is very informative presentation!

[@okancanarslan3730]

great interview

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

29:11 exactly where our industry is at. And it’s the focus where citizens science is at. My mites test 55% susceptibility to amitraz. So I used thymol 1/2 way through the apivar treatment, later in fall. It shut the brood nest down. It also immediately dropped off the phoretic mites. Did the synergy of the two products increase the efficacy of the amitraz or did the thymol activate the bee behaviour which increased mite drop?

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Thanks for sharing

[@danlieter5673]

Great video Humberto!! I had given up on Amatraz do to just horrible results over the last few years. If i understand now it is an efficacy issue from poorly converted N24 pushes my attention more to an alternate distribution method of the chemical. If temperature is the key to total amatraz N24 convertion seems like a no brainer to me that sublimation would be the go to. I know of one company that offers the product but it is not available on the small scale. As for my operation I will not use amatraz anymore but it will be interesting to see what the future is for the beloved chemical that has served us well for so many years.

[@bhoopsingh5015]

Nice information

[@MAQ123]

22:25 I think he means Apiwarol. This is a major anti varroa amitraz based drug in Poland. It is basically a pill which you ignite and the fumes contain amitraz

[@krasenjekov9362]

Yeah, I used this one in Bulgaria as well, very good results, but majority of beekeeping community here rely on Oxalic Acid dribble method.

[@bhoopsingh5015]

Great imfo

[@researcherAmateur]

On the Balkans they use it since varroa arrived. I think the Amitraz name is Tactic or something you put drops on your pets for ticks protection. They use thin cardboard strips to drop the Amitraz on it 3 - 5 drops.. put it on a piece of wire, light it like a cigarette and push on the bottom of the hive to burn out. And I think they do it a lot.. similar to vaporization of OA. Only thing that this is a poison. So you judge how good of a practice it is ? They have a say here that Amitraz saved the bees. I never used it in my hives

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

This is going to be fun to watch Humberto. I did have to look up Queen "breading" lol. Thank you.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Thanks for pointing it out. Lol

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

@@InsideTheHiveTV lol. Humberto my secretary literally gave me one of the old flip up desk dictionaries.