It is applied by fumigation by warp to all bee families in the apiary. The smokeboard tape will be folded longitudinally to ensure air circulation and therefore complete combustion of the tape. The medicine, in liquid form, is taken with a pipette with which it is dripped on the cardboard strip, with the distance between the drops. It is recommended that the strips be lit at both ends. Immediately after inserting the lit strip (without flame), the warp is closed for 15-20 minutes. Please note that the temperature developed during the burning of the cardboard strip can reach 300 - 400º C. The treatment is done with special care by placing the smoke strips on wire meshes or pieces of sheet metal to avoid igniting (setting on fire) the hive or pavilion. Due to the fact that we work with fire, beekeepers who own pavilions must have fire-extinguishing means during the treatment. Potential fires can only occur due to the exclusive mistake of the beekeeper.
The owners of mobile or stationary pavilions will not enter them unless they have been carefully ventilated. After treatment, the beekeeper will not sleep in the pavilion for at least 24 hours.
Dosage of the number of drops:
- 2 drops for a multi-storey hive body
- 3 drops for a Dadant hive body
- 5 drops for a horizontal hive body.
The recommended number of drops is related to the space occupied by the bee family. If, after the last 2 administrations, the families have already been restricted for wintering or diaphragms with a totally separating diaphragm, then the amount of VARACHET-FORTE is related to the new space occupied by the bee family. E.g. 1 drop for 1/2 multi-storey, 2 drops for 2/3 Dadant body and 3 drops for 1/2 horizontal body. When there are 2 families in a horizontal hive, each one will be given 3 drops