How to Use Formic Acid to Treat Varroa Mites

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  • @davemaloneyvideos
    @davemaloneyvideos 6 років тому +8

    Are you going to update this video to include Formic Pro?

  • @juicychills7546
    @juicychills7546 4 роки тому +1

    I use a pad (sanitary napkin) or stick soaked with formic acid, works great.

  • @مناقب-ف5ع
    @مناقب-ف5ع Місяць тому

    مرحبا
    انا من لبنان اعتني بالنحل جيداً استخدم الفورميك عيار 60 على فوطة مخصصة،
    أضع لكل إطار
    2 mm cc
    هل هذه النسبة كبيرة ؟
    ما هي أقل جرعة يمكن استعمالها؟

  • @neildavidson8097
    @neildavidson8097 2 роки тому +1

    good advice. the strips allocated on shop cloth .is this at the 42 percent as the macs pads also do you need 2 pads or single.

  • @roberto1s2peyrot
    @roberto1s2peyrot 5 років тому +1

    Buen video. Muchas gracias.

  • @jasondalauta7675
    @jasondalauta7675 3 роки тому

    Nice video very informative

  • @دعوةخير-غ6ح
    @دعوةخير-غ6ح 7 років тому

    Good job

  • @konstantinosbriasoulis3379
    @konstantinosbriasoulis3379 8 років тому +4

    Hi , How much (ml ) formic Acid , has every strip?

    • @cluelessbeekeeping1322
      @cluelessbeekeeping1322 5 років тому +3

      15ml @ 65% concentration (check out scientificbeekeeping) That's if you add it yourself, these MAQS are lower concentration. If you just buy pure(ish) Formic Acid, it's cheap and easy to make these pads. Go to a butcher and ask for a few of those meat blood soaking pads placed at the bottom of meat/poultry packs. Make a bunch, store them in plastic ziploc bags and use them when needed. Easy peasy!

    • @mark-ish
      @mark-ish 3 роки тому

      Formic Acid (incl formates) 42.25%
      Other ingredients 57.75%

    • @Joseph-Colin-EXP
      @Joseph-Colin-EXP 2 роки тому +2

      @@cluelessbeekeeping1322 you're a beast thos is exactly what I've been looking for. Formic acid is so cheap. But the pads and all the shenanigans of this product or that. Give me a break, thought of using felt from a craft store and just loading it up with the straight formic acid. Bag to slow the spread.

    • @cluelessbeekeeping1322
      @cluelessbeekeeping1322 2 роки тому

      @@Joseph-Colin-EXP DUDE.
      It's simple.
      Think outside the box.
      I go to butchers at large groceries and ask them for those weird little plastic pads they put beneath chicken to soak up blood.
      I then melt a few larger holes in the bottom of JUST the plastic.
      Then...add the correct concentration of formic acid (I think it's 65%) to the pad...Boom
      Acid costs almost nothing, the pads are free.
      I've also just used t-shirt and soak them with formic acid and throw them in the bottom (cotton)

    • @cluelessbeekeeping1322
      @cluelessbeekeeping1322 2 роки тому +1

      @@Joseph-Colin-EXP It's been so long I didn't realize I basically rewrote what I said above...my bad.
      Ya man, you can treat for practically nothing.
      Same with Oxalic acid.

  • @SirCamsmorethanalot
    @SirCamsmorethanalot 2 роки тому

    doesn't even shake bees off strip before chucking in bag.

  • @bio-amarant
    @bio-amarant 11 місяців тому

    Интересная мысль. Попробуем.

  • @charlesoneill466
    @charlesoneill466 6 років тому

    Thanks

  • @neildavidson8097
    @neildavidson8097 2 роки тому

    Good

  • @georgegarcia5052
    @georgegarcia5052 6 років тому +4

    Great series! It was a little sad to see you crush a bee between hive bodies ... perhaps brush the bees off before applying the strips directly on them? Thanks for your consideration.

    • @SirCamsmorethanalot
      @SirCamsmorethanalot 2 роки тому

      Really, no delicacy here...crush crush crush when no need.

  • @reaganbreeze600
    @reaganbreeze600 3 роки тому

    Is it normal to see a few dead bees when the formic acid is applied?

    • @lylephipps3437
      @lylephipps3437 2 роки тому

      Usually undertaker bees carry the bees away from the hive but some get dropped. Sick bees crawl or get kicked out so it is likely that the dead bees that your are seeing are dead because of the varoosis you are treating.