Hi Lloyd,

I was at the Ulster Beekeeper's Association convention at Greenmount last 
week, the main speaker was Preben Kristiansen,currently working in Sweden as 
a Disease Advisor for the Swedish Beekeepers' Association, and who has 
worked in a similar capacity in Denmark and Norway;

In one of his lectures he showed a slide with the following information:

Denmark Registered Medicament is Apiguard and the Allowed medicaments are 
The organic acids and essential oils, Bayvarol
Finland Registered Medicament is Apistan and the  The organic acids and 
essential oils.
Norway Registered Medicament none Allowed medicaments are  The organic acids
Sweden Registered Medicament Apistan, Apiguard and the Allowed medicaments 
are The organic acids and essential oils

From my own knowlege:
In Ireland (The Republic) the licenced medicaments are Bayvarol and 
Apiguard,
In the UK the licenced medicaments are Bayvarol, Apistan, Apiguard there is 
ongoing discussions with the UK government about Oxalic Acid, the 
Medications Board are not at all keen to allow it to be used.
As far as I know the only place where an oxalic acid mix is licenced is in 
Northern Germany where Andermatt have obtained a licence for Oxuvar which is 
a package of dilute oxalic acid and a packet of sucrose.

The EU has decided that there is no need to place a maximum Residual level 
of oxalic acid in honey.

I stand to be corrected

Ruary 

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