Honey Jars & Varroa Treatments

Varroa - Thymol-based treatments

All Thymol-based miticides requires temperatures greater than 15 oC for maximum effect. Honey supers must be removed.

Apiguard two trays per colony are required. treatment is over a month adding the other tray after 1-2 weeks, depending upon the weather and strength of colony.

Apilife Var two biscuits are required per colony. Each biscuit is kept on the colony for a week. So two weeks in total.

£2.09

Expiry date: - Jan 2026

Apiguard - single tray  [Two trays required per full sized colony]
£20.85

Expiry date: Jan 2026

Apiguard - Box of TEN trays - [Treats up to five colonies]
£3.25

Expiry date: July 2026

Api-Life var - [Two packets required per full sized colony or one packet per nuc]
£32.50

Expiry date: July 2026

Api-Life var [Multiples of 10x packets]

Varroa - Other Treatments

ApiBioxal is an oxalic acid-based product. It can be used in sublimation devices at any time of the year, or dissolved in syrup solution to trickle on seams of bees in late autumn.


Apistan is a synthetic pyrethroid-based varroa treatment. Two strips of Apistan are required per colony. Due to overuse some Varroa mites have developed resistance to pyrethroids.


ApiVar Active ingredient Amitraz. No temperature constraints as there are with most other varroa treatments. Supers must not be on the hives. The strips should be left in for between 6 and 10 weeks, depending on the size of the brood and the time of year. Recommended autumn treatment of 10 weeks. Apivar can be used during feeding - in fact it is recommended.


Formic Pro is a formic acid-based treatment and is the only treatment that can kill Varroa mites inside the brood cell, as the vapour penetrates the wax cappings. It only needs to be kept on the bees for 7 days, but does require supers to be removed.

£13.85

Expiry date: Feb 2026

Apibioxal - 35 g  [Treats ten colonies; Beekeeping Supplies]
£1.60 Apibioxal solution trickle bottle [Empty; Thornes]
£18.95

Expiry date: Mar 2027

Apistan - Treats 5 colonies or nucs [Beekeeping Supplies]
£17.95

Expiry date: Feb 2026

Formic Pro - [Treats two colonies; Beekeeping Supplies]
£64.95

Expiry date: Feb 2026

Formic Pro - [Treats ten colonies; Beekeeping Supplies]
£30.00

Expiry date: June 2026

ApiVar - Ten strips [Treats five colonies; Beekeeping Supplies]
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