Beekeeping | NEW MITE CONTROL TREATMENT - Game Changer

[@beek]

We put the VarroxSan strips in the hive 42 days ago at the publishing of this video, we are filming the results tomorrow to see how they did. Stay tuned and keep watching.

[@prairiepinesranch]

Love this girl's cowgirl up and solid worker demeanor. She knows what she's doing. No one will be waiting on her, she'll be at the front.

[@CareyMartinCO]

@prairiepinesranch Thank you so much! I learned from the best! @beek

[@CareyMartinCO]

So cool to see, David! We put those strips on 42 days ago tomorrow. (Strips placed on 9/17.) I can’t wait to see how they worked!

[@beek]

Yes Carey, I did the same math so I'm making a video tomorrow and seeing how they performed. But remember I said these are to help keep mite levels low, not good as a flash kill. But we'll see.

[@CareyMartinCO]

@@beek yes, exactly. It will be interesting to see how it works with this level of infestation.

[@buggsy5]

@@beek The oxalic vapor is harmful to the eyes - combining with calcium to form calcium oxalate. Most kidney stones are calcium oxalate and there are dozens of plants that contain it - some of them at very high levels, such as rhubarb leaves.

[@brianbennett4374]

Great video 😊. Looking forward to seeing how it works out. See you next Thursday for Livestream 😊

[@bobbyswords5366]

Just as a side note for you it is best to place your strips across the top of your brood box or anywhere there's brewed because if you slide it down on either side of the frames the queen will not lay behind it and it's just lost space the vapors will drift down between the frames also your bees will be crawling all over your strips hope this tip is helpful

[@jaredmalcolm1]

Based on everything I’ve seen I’d expect this to seem like it’s performing poorly. OAE has always been described as a hold the line type of treatment not a get the mite load down treatment.

[@beek]

Yes, I said that OA is good to hold them down, but not good to do a flash kill. I said that in the original video back on Sept 18, so tomorrow it's time to see how they did with a high mite count.

[@sanbe729]

In NZ we have been making ox + glycerin cardboard strips. very cheap to make, considered to be good to keep levels down during the flow. doesn't knock them down so much, but keeps the levels getting out of hand come autumn .

[@DavidHudson-s5h]

looking forward to the results. I had good results with apivar this year but always looking for more treatments.

[@beek]

Good to hear. We need to always change up our treatments so it's great to have another tool. I'm making a video tomorrow on the results. It's been 42 days!

[@CastleHives]

David, I have had VarroxSan in my hives for 4 weeks now. For me, it was a huge time saver vs OAV.

[@beek]

Thanks Brian, do you know how well they worked yet?

[@CastleHives]

@beek I'll take them out in another 7-10 days. Then, depending on the weather, I'll do some washes.

[@jayglosser2014]

GREAT to watch! How long will you leave the strips in the hive? Nice day but only 55 and sunny.

[@beek]

Thanks for watching. The label says 42 days. We actually filmed this video 42 days ago tomorrow so tomorrow we are filming the results, but not sure when I'll get around to editing and posting the video, so keep watching Jay.

[@stevewelches1955]

I like the bee vale she has with the hat. Where did she get it

[@johnbrogan6583]

Dave could you please do a follow up on this when the instructions say the treatment is finished, thank you

[@beek]

Yes, if everything works out, tomorrow we are filming removing the strips (they've been in long enough according to the label) and we can test for mites.

[@curiouscoy492]

Very helpful. I have varroa mites to fight. VarroxSan looks promising as one of the tools.

[@beek]

Fingers crossed

[@pastormike1971]

Great Video, I bought varroxsan but havnt used it yet, I hate to open the package for 1- 8frame and 2 nucs, 3 weeks ago I had 2- 0 in mite test. Are you still feeding 1:1 with the weather still this warm?

[@beek]

Yes, still feeding some hives.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Remember Oxamite ? Same thing sold 25 years ago. It didnt seem to be very popular and now this comes in as a new innovation. Strange.

[@billyboy952]

too expensive for us that have many hives, David!! I vaporize with OA, cheapest way for me

[@martenapperloo1055]

Could you show us a picture of the hive treatment strips,couldn't get a good look of what they looked like.

[@rufussthoo4083]

Carey is a bomb. And she (apologies for the pronoun assumption 🙊) looked extremely competent and comfortable with what she was doing.

[@davidmerriott7356]

O brother!!!!!!!

[@CareyMartinCO]

@rufussthoo4083 thank you, you are very kind. Spending a whole day with David and Patrick was the REAL bomb!

[@StanGore-mk8ow]

good video...thanks.....so each double deep what would the cost be for varroxSan?

[@georgedenninghoff3196]

$8-10.

[@beek]

I put that info in the video I'm filming tomorrow showing the results.

[@StanGore-mk8ow]

Thanks George for answering my question👍

[@aaronparis4714]

I think it’s very pricey I think OA Vapor is the best you just got to do many treatments to each hive but it’s the best method

[@beek]

It's more expensive, BUT the $500 OA vaporizer ain't cheap. I've found that most beekeepers with a few hives just aren't buying the $500 vaporizer. So it's good to have an alternate method with a lower entry cost.

[@SIBEEMAN]

Hi David, Lorobbees, has come out with a new vaporizer that is $299. I’m looking at getting one as it looks to work well for a backyard beekeeper with under 10 hives.

[@aaronparis4714]

@@beek for the ones with only 10 hives they sell cheaper vaporizer on Amazon for 40 bucks 🤔and it last for many treatments As many as you want to do I have one they work great just take a bit more time to do it but if your only rocking 10 hives it would be great to be honest I used one for 2 years no issues and it did its job just wanted to pay 500 for quickness 😂

[@AdrenalineTheory]

A 30min vid thats supposed to be about VarroxSan with like 30 seconds of actual content involving VarroxSan. Literally no info on the product besides the PPE requirements. lol

[@beek]

Sorry to hear you weren't happy with this video. We actually filmed this video 42 days ago tomorrow so tomorrow we are filming the results, but not sure when I'll get around to editing and posting the video, so tell me what info you'd like to know more about this product so I can be sure to include it. Thank you