2023 · August 06, 2023

After the honey harvest, the focus of the garden beekeeper is on feeding the bee colonies for the winter and on controlling the varroa mite. The standard procedure for varroa mite control is to evaporate formic acid in the colony over an extended period of time. Formic acid also penetrates the capped brood cells, where the majority of the mites reside. However, it is highly aggressive: during its application, most of the brood is destroyed, many bees and sometimes even the queen are burned and...