Greetings
I have been trying to get recent data on the effectiveness of Apilife
Var, since there seems to be a movement to get it approved for US
use. I thought that thymol products were not especially effective so
I was surprised that people were interested in it, except for the
fact that it is not a regular pesticide. It should be understood that
concentrated thymol is a harsh chemical, and not to be toyed with.

from "Bee World" in 1995

"Apilife VAR is appropriate especially for treatment of Swisstype and
single-story hives. ... an efficiency of 95% can be expected. ... In
the Dadant and multiple-storey hives, the efficiency is lower and
varies considerably from colony to colony."

see "Apilife VAR: A new varroacide with thymol as the main ingredient"
by A. Imdorf, et al. Swiss Bee Research Centre, Bern.



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