Varroa Mite Control Entrance - Model Two

American Made
Brief Summary of the Model Two of Varroa Mite Control Entrance
Is a apparatus/brush for removing of Varroa Mites from Honeybees.
mounted on the out side edge of the hive at the entrance. The second
component is your screen bottom board.   As the honeybees enter and exit
the hive, the brush hurts the Varroa mites causing them to dislodge from the
The device consists of two primary components: the brush component is
mounted on the out side edge of the hive at the entrance. The second
component is your screen bottom board.   As the honeybees enter and exit
the hive, the brush hurts the Varroa mites causing them to dislodge from the
host honeybee. The honeybee is not hurt by the soft nylon polyester bristles.
The Varroa mites falls off the Honeybees either passing  through the  wire
mesh of the screen bottom board or landing on the ground.
I use a simple cookie sheets under my hives lined with contact paper with the
adhesive side up for testing. When I am not testing; I line my cookie sheets
with pickling/kosher salt.  Varroa mites and Small Hive Beetle larvae don't
stand a chance!
$15.50 plus shipping

Please allow two to three weeks delivery time, each order is hand made and
shipped according to the order as they are received.
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of your hives. This can also be cut in half for fitting to nuc box as well.
I will be happy to cut the brush in half before shipping just email that you
want your order cut.
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works for the nurse bee and drone that stay inside the hive.  Plastic cell
foundation is used to reduce Varroa Mite from laying larva in brood cells.
Screen bottom boards provides a method for keeping Varroa Mites from
getting back up into the hive and back on the bee.
A complete organic approach to killing Varroa mites.

Here is a little interesting fact from:
MAAREC Website at: http://MAAREC.cas.psu.edu
just on Varroa mites.

"Adult female mites can live outside the brood cells and
are also found on adult drone and worker bees. This
behavior allows them to invade new host honey bee
colonies and survive the winter in these colonies. The
flattened shape of the female’s body makes it easy for
the mite to hold onto a bee and move easily into the
cells of developing bee brood. When on adult bees,
female varroa are found mainly on the top of the bee’s
thorax at the point where the wings attach, between
the head and the thorax, between the thorax and the
abdomen, or between overlapping segments of the
abdomen. These are places where the mites can easily
use their piercing mouthparts to penetrate the exoskeleton
of their host and gain access to the bee’s
hemolymph (blood). These are also places where mites
are less likely to be removed by the bee’s grooming."

So my brush actually targets female Varroa Mites piggy back riding on the
girls.

The end result each  of these red circle in the image above is one less
Varroa Mite that my girls have to worry about. Just Click the image to view
a larger image.