Place two empty frames for the bees to draw them to drone cells. The queen will lay eggs to be developed into drones in these combs and the varroa will move in. Remove these combs after the cells are capped and before adult drones emerge. Melt these combs to kill varroa mites and produce beeswax, or freeze for one week and then place in bee colonies for the bees to clean or feed to pigs or chickens Repeat this method from spring until the drones are destroyed in August to get results equivalent to Apistan. Apistan Apply 2 Apistan strips per bee colony.
Place thestrips in the bottom brood box to get effective results.
If varroa mites are ever detected in your bee colonies at high levels, then remove your honey supers and treat as soon as possible to protect the winter bees. Protect your Fumidil medicated sugarsyrup from direct sunlight when feeding bees. Requeen colonies when queens are available. Feed bees with a mix of Fumidil-B with sugar syrup as described above. The fall feeding is very important to protect bees during the winter season and reduce bee stress.