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Honey bee health free smartphone app update

The free Vita Bee Health honey bee health smartphone web app has just been updated and refreshed. Ideal for use in the apiary, the app helps beekeepers to quickly identify any health issues in their colonies.

The web app, suitable for nearly all smartphones and tablet devices, can be accessed free from www.healthybeeguide.com.

Detailed photographs show the visible symptoms of the main bee diseases and pests so that beekeepers concerned by what they see during a colony inspection can immediately check them on the app. Typical effects of the varroa mite, European and American foulbrood (EFB and EFB), Nosema, chalkbrood, wax moth, tracheal mites and viruses can be viewed within a few clicks. Keys to the identification of the Asian hornet and small hive beetle are also included.

Amongst the many app features, beekeepers can read about the treatment options, where to obtain treatments, and if and to whom they should report serious diseases and pests.

Sebastian Owen, Vita Bee Health’s commercial development manager, said: “First launched in 2013 as the first-ever honey bee health web app, it has proved extremely popular with beekeepers. They tell us that they need access to reliable information as soon as they see something suspicious in their apiaries, so we devised this smartphone web app to be used anywhere they can receive a mobile signal.”

This major update and refresh is available simply by keying www.healthybeeguide.com into a smartphone or tablet. Accessing an app store is not necessary but internet access is required. The app is free to use and links to other important sources of online information.

About Vita Bee Health

Vita Bee Health, a trading name of Vita (Europe) Ltd, is a mite control and honeybee health specialist established in 1997. It is the world’s largest dedicated supplier of honeybee health products to the honey and pollination industries. With a rigorous and ethical approach to research and development into honeybee health, Vita has no commercial interests in crop pesticides or crop breeding that may be harmful to honeybees.

Vita researches, develops, and manufactures a range of honeybee health products. Its headquarters are in the UK, it has offices in Italy and Russia, works with associate company Apinov in France and with partners across the globe. These products are marketed internationally through a network of 60 distributors in 50 countries.

Vita’s honeybee health product range includes anti-varroa acaricides – Apistan® and Apiguard® – wax moth controlsfoulbrood diagnostic kits and health-promoting feeds. Vita also supplies Asian hornet trapsSmall Hive Beetle traps, the Bee Gym varroa grooming aid and swarm lures. Vita products have been registered by more than 60 veterinary authorities.

Vita promotes sustainable beekeeping through Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Its treatments are designed to inhibit the build-up of resistance and wherever possible contain natural compounds and biological controls that are benign to all but the target pests.

Vita invests a very high proportion of its turnover in research and development. Research partners include universities such as Thessaloniki, Cardiff, Milan, Udine and Naples and institutes such as the FERA Laboratories in the UK and the USDA in America. Vita’s innovative research and development work has been recognised by and has received support from the UK Government.

As a result of its primary research of natural control agents, Vita is currently engaged in new projects exploring mite control in the agriculture, veterinary, and horticulture industries as well as public health and human allergen control.

See www.VitaBeeHealth.com for more information and a web app which can be accessed at www.healthybeeguide.com.

Follow Vita Bee Health as “Vita Bee Health” on Facebook and as @vitabeehealth on Twitter.

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Stephen Fleming at Palam Communications
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