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Varroacide Effectiveness of Polyvar Yellow® (Flumethrin 275 mg) Preparation Cover

Varroacide Effectiveness of Polyvar Yellow® (Flumethrin 275 mg) Preparation

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|Jun 2021

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Fig. 1

Experimental design.
Experimental design.

Fig. 2

Average daily mite fall of the bee colony in individual groups from subsequent collected Varroa-sticky inserts.
Average daily mite fall of the bee colony in individual groups from subsequent collected Varroa-sticky inserts.

Fig. 3

Average infestation rate of bees with Varroa destructor (IR) [%] „before treatment” - IR0 and „after treatment” - IR1 with ranges
Average infestation rate of bees with Varroa destructor (IR) [%] „before treatment” - IR0 and „after treatment” - IR1 with ranges

The average daily fall of V_ destructor on Varroa-sticky paper inserts and the average sum of fallen off parasites at various stages of the experiment in individual groups (with range and SD)

GroupStage I„before treatment”Stage II„treatment”Stage III„after treatment”

nAverage daily fall of V. destructor (range, SD)Average no. of the parasite in the colony from the whole stage (range)nAverage daily fall of V. destructor (range, SD)Average no. of the parasite in the colony from the whole stage (range)nAverage daily fall of V. destructor (range, SD)Average no. of the parasite in the colony from the whole stage (range)
PY1014.50 (0.30–57.33) (24.38)43.50 (1–172)1014.67 (0.30–88.86) (31.23)1320.90 (61–5098)101.44A (0.20–3.70) (1.00)20.10A (2–45)
C1018.07 (0.30–23.66) (28.98)54.20 (1–177)915.76 (8.00–36.90) (29.14)1418.22 (260–3688)849.11B (14.20–157.30) (27.96)687,00B (426–1233)

Varroacide effectiveness of PolyVar Yellow® [%] in individual treated colonies

groupthe ID of bee colony (PY group)Varroacide effectiveness of PolyVar Yellow® [%]

based on the mite fall on the Varroa-sticky board during the treatment and after treatmentbased on the infestation rate of bees with V. destructor before treatment and after treatment
PY30out*89.80
31out*95.62
3390.9183.73
3699.4290.69
5299.64100.00
5398.85100.00
6395.9695.49
6689.9697.43
10299.1397.36
11199.5098.14
mean 9795

Average daily fall of V_ destructor per one bee colony on Varroa-sticky board in subsequent months of the “treatment” stage in individual groups

GroupAverage daily fall per one bee colony of V. destructor at the “treatment” stage (range, SD)

1st month2nd month3rd month
PY n=1041.59 (0.69–104.97) (56.08)2.38A (0.29–5.58) (1.95)1.56A (0.67–3.02) (0.92)
C n=1028.36 (2.27–97.38) (35.77)21.92B (2.17–68.04) (19.27)11.23B (3.24–26.05) (8.42)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2021-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 189 - 193
Submitted on: Jan 21, 2020
Accepted on: Mar 17, 2021
Published on: Jun 24, 2021
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2021 Beata Bąk, Jerzy Wilde, Maciej Siuda, Jakub Wilk, published by Research Institute of Horticulture
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