WHY FORMIC PRO IS A LEADING VARROA TREATMENT
Formic Pro is a ready-to-use veterinary medicine for the treatment of Varroosis caused by Varroa destructor in honey bees. Its formic acid vapour acts against mites on adult bees and is known to kill mite nymphs inside capped brood cells. Activity has also been demonstrated against adult mites beneath the brood cappings, where Varroa reproduce.
This ability to act inside capped brood is one of Formic Pro’s most important benefits. A significant proportion of a colony’s Varroa population can be protected beneath the brood cappings, beyond the reach of treatments that act only on exposed mites.
Formic Pro provides a complete treatment in seven to eleven days and is supplied in convenient, pre-measured strips. There is no complicated mixing or measuring: the authorised dose is one sachet containing two strips per hive, applied in accordance with the current product instructions.
With its action against mites on adult bees and within capped brood, practical seven to eleven day treatment period and useful application temperature range, Formic Pro has established itself as an important option for modern Varroa management.
