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Vita Feed Gold and Vita Feed Green to boost honeybee health with natural extracts and essential oils
Two new honeybee health feeds from Vita (Europe) Ltd. Vita (Europe) Ltd, the honeybee health specialist, has launched two new feeds to help improve honeybee health and stimulate colony development. Vita Feed Gold, a natural extract, and Vita Feed Green, an essential oil, are simple and safe to use leaving no residues and containing no antibiotics. Developed over several years and thoroughly tested in field trials, the new feeds are designed to strengthen colonies and make them more resistant to disease.
Mysterious phenomenon decimating honeybees in North America and Europe
British beekeepers, about to open their beehives for the first time this season, are braced to see how many of their honeybee colonies have survived the winter. An undiagnosed honeybee ailment is causing the deaths of thousands of honeybee colonies across the northern hemisphere and no-one knows the cause. The implications for agricultural pollination and production are huge.
New natural treatment kills varroa resistant to other treatments
American beekeepers now have a new treatment in their fight against varroa. Vita (Europe) Ltd has just received US approval for Apiguard®, an easily applied, herbal-based, anti-varroa treatment that is already proving highly effective in the fight against the mite in many countries across the globe. Read more…
Vita launches new honeybee health research award at Apimondia
President Yuschenko to be award’s patron. A new award to promote research into honeybee health has just been launched by Vita (Europe) Ltd, the honeybee health and mite control specialists. Valued at up to €10,000, the award will be made on a regular basis to help fund new honeybee health research. Any individual or organisation can apply.
Vita’s Biological control for wax moths to save global beekeeping industry millions
Beekeepers across the globe can now have access to an organic and natural control product for one of their biggest out-of-season pests: wax moth. Vita (Europe) Ltd has just launched B401 (also known as Certan), a biological control that is up to 100% effective against wax moth, but is harmless to bees, humans and the environment. Read more…
UK bees threatened by the spread of resistant varroa Beekeepers urged to rotate their anti-varroa treatments
Beekeepers in many parts of Britain have seen the emergence of a new threat to their bees this year. The varroa mite, a parasite that can kill honeybee colonies, has become resistant to pyrethroids, the class of active ingredients in the most commonly-used treatments. Read more…