Vanquish the varroa mite with vapour

Mary O’Riordan tries out a new method to eliminate one of the greatest threats to the native Irish bee population — the varroa mite.

I have mentioned winter treatments for the varroa mite several times on this beekeeping article.

There was a time pre-varroa when we put our bees to bed in October and did not worry about them again until March or April.