MiteNot

[waverider]

Varroa research at Eltopia;

http://www.eltopia.com/mitenot/

 

[domino]

It's a clever idea, the cost will be interesting to see. More that £6 - £8 a board I think I'd use other methods that actually kill them.

 

[Finman]

In early stage
Groundbreaking...

 

[EKBee]

Excuse me if I'm being a bit slow
Is the idea that the heat would disrupt only the Varroa's fertilisation leaving the bee larvae viable?
Or is everything in the sealed cell destroyed?

 

[jonnybeegood]

Are they battery or mains? If it fires up every time a cell is capped its going to be on virtually permanantly for most the year. Lol

 

[Hivemaker.]

Expect it will be another thing to be viewed by beekeepers in wonderment, then disappear off the radar, never to be heard of again.

 

[dpearce4]

sounds like loom bands last year with kids lol

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Varroa research at Eltopia;

http://www.eltopia.com/mitenot/

It will be interesting to see the effect on the colony as bees fight to reduce the temperature to what they consider optimum.

 

[domino]

Excuse me if I'm being a bit slow
Is the idea that the heat would disrupt only the Varroa's fertilisation leaving the bee larvae viable?
Or is everything in the sealed cell destroyed?

Not sure, but if the larvae don't survive it sounds like automated drone culling.

 

[rook66]

Expect it will be another thing to be viewed by beekeepers in wonderment, then disappear off the radar, never to be heard of again.

Yes, just like this.
http://www.mitezapper.com/

 

[La Folie]

Mitenot and Mitezapper sound remarkably similar. Poor old drones take a pasting again.