Time of suspension: none

Contra-indications: none

Instructions and Precautions:

Carry out the treatment in the absence of honey combs.

Avoid the risk of robbing by making sure the colony is strong.

Never carry out the treatment when the bees are robbing each other.

In case of high temperatures, above 30°C, accustom the bees to the scent of the tablets by placing a small piece of it in the hive the day before.

Avoid inhalation, ingestion, and the contact with skin and eyes, manipulate the product with protective gloves (in case of contact wash out immediately with water).

Keep product sheltered from the sun, in a fresh and dry place.

The empty or expired bags or eventual residuals of the product should not be dispersed in the environment.

Keep product away from children.

Notes: the correct use of “Apilife Var” has shown an efficacy superior to the 95%

Till today we have not registered any phenomena of pharmaco-resistance or habit-forming to the Apilife Var.

The four components of Apilife Var (Thymol, Menthol, Eucalyptus, Camphor), have been included in the annex II of the legislation CEE N° 2377/90 which lists the primary principles for which it is not necessary to establish the maximum residual limit (MML): they are therefore considered substances fully harmless and safe for the honey produced by those bees of the treated bee-hives. The use of the product in the control of Varroasis does not give any toxic risk to the consumer.

Packages: The tablets are packed in heat-shrunk polythene bags.

The packages are:

• Of 10 bags (20 tablets)
   
• Of 100 bags (200 tablets)

Literature:

TOSSICITà DI TIMOLO, CANFORA, MENTOLO ED EUCALIPTO AUF VARROA JACOBSONI OUD E APIS MELLIFERA IN LABOR TEST. Imdorf-Kilchenman-Bogdanov-Bachofen-Beretta. 94

RESIDUES IN WAX AND HONEY AFTER API LIFE VAR TREATMEN. Imdorf-Kilchenman-Bogdanov. 98

LOTTA ALLA VARROA CON PRODOTTI A BASE DI OLII ESSENZIALI. Rickli-Imdorf-Kilchenman.

MITTEILUNG DER SEKTION BIENEN - "API LIFE VAR" A NEW VARROAZID WITH THYMOL AS MAIN INGREDIENT. Imdorf-Kilchenman-Bogdanov-Charles. 94

OTTIMIZZAZIONE DELL'USO DELL'API LIFE VAR NELLA LOTTA ALLA VARROA JACOBSONI OUD NEGLI APIARI. Imdorf-Kilchenman-Bogdanov

ACIDI ORGANICI E API LIFE VAR NEL CONTROLLO DELLA VARROASI IN ITALIA. Mulinelli-Cremasco-Irsara-Baggio.

ALTERNATIVE VARROA CONTROL. Imdorf-Charriere-Maquelin-Kilchenman-Bachofen.

EL TIMOL COMO TRATAMIENTO NATURAL DE ELECCION CONTRO VARROA J.O. Ruiz Florez Ruz-Puerta-Campano

Other bee-hive products:

VAR EXTRA SPRAY: emulsion of vaseline and eucalyptus in spray.

Instruction: mechanical capture of the mites of the bees during the treatment with various mite-killers.

Use: spray uniformly on the extractable bottom of the bee-hive before the mite-killer treatment.

Packages: Spray Can of 50 ml.

DC4 UNIVERSAL: PMS Health Ministry registration 1122.

Disinfectant, bacterial-killer, spore-killer, virus-killer based on quaternary salts of ammonium sinergized with anphoter salts.

Instruction: To realise optimal hygienic conditions in the farm. Disinfects equipments, beehives, any place and tool.

Use: Pour on the bottom of the beehive a water solution of DC4 to the 5%.

Packages: bottles of 500,1000 cc. And big bottles of 5,10,25 kg.

Vitamin integrators for bees

Two Posters on control methods
ApiHerb: a new perspective for the integrated control of nosema disease Antonio Nanetti ( PDF file 535 Kb)
Evaluation of Three Different strategies to Nosema Control E.Bessi, A.Nanetti ( PDF file 558 Kb)
A New Method to control Nosema Disease by Feeding Federico Valobra, Umberto Mandelli, Elena Bessi ( PDF file 324 Kb)