Today, EPA issued a section 18 for amitraz in beehives to South Dakota, who
was the original requesting state. The section 18 use pattern is for food
use so honey harvest is allowed. It closely resembles ... the
*proposed* section
3 label for Apivar Strips, which is currently under EPA review.
What is being said is that a small group of beekeepers from the American Honey Producers have worked thier tails off for the past 3 years mainly at there own expense to move the wheels of government, and they have succedded so far. I applaud the work group and there efforts.
Taktic is a different concentration and delivery system. It is "off label" use and can get you fined and your honey confiscated. Please do not mess it up for all of us.
If I have time I will read the article. So that is also what I heard that amitraz breaks down into others and can be found, just not in the form of Amitraz.
we have used Apivar for a bunch of years here in Canada. It has worked very well for us to date. Apivar is Amitraz impregnated strips. It has to be used so that it does not contaminate your honey, just as any other labeled treatment.
Benstung, apivar is the name of the strips which deliver the amatraz product used to control varroa. We have used in Canada for a few years now.
Still the same thing applies. If you use it in the spring, use something else in the fall to prevent resistance
And here is another angle to consider:
Commercial beekeepers have relied heavily on Taktic over the last several years with no measurable resistance problems in most areas.
Some consider Taktic to be the life line for commercial bees in many years.
Now, we are going to make amitraz available to every Tom Dick and Harry to place in their backyard hives or even commercial hives and forget about.
How long will total resistance take to wipe out amitraz in the wrong hands.
One thing that has saved amitraz from resistance problems is the deliver systems most folks use that is in and out. This new product is for 56 days?!!!
I'm not so sure this is good news in the big picture, over the long haul.
How long will total resistance take to wipe out amitraz in the wrong hands.
One thing that has saved amitraz from resistance problems is the deliver systems most folks use that is in and out. This new product is for 56 days?!!!
I'm not so sure this is good news in the big picture, over the long haul.
I talked to a friend that was running a trial for one of the large places thats trying to legalize it country wide. He had favorable results from it. I am not sure how he used it (ie as prescribed). I always thought the effectiveness of taktic is because Beeks set the dosage level and because as you stated its in and out. I could be wrong as I WOULD NEVER color outside the lines and ONLY use Apiguard to treat for varroa.
Apivar has been used here in Canada for many years now. Every Tom Dick and Harry has been using this treatment up here and it has been working very well. Id take Apivar over Check mite any day!
Get a Vet to write you a script for Mitaban and forget the EPA.
Dan
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