Varroa EasyCheck – Véto-Pharma
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Varroa EasyCheck Tester Véto-Pharma, a precise diagnostic tool for measuring the level of varroa infestation in your colonies.
✔ 3 built-in methods: alcohol, icing sugar, CO₂
Reliable measurement to tailor your treatments
✔ Simple and quick to use at the apiary
✔ Reusable and durable tool
The powdered sugar method involves rolling the bees in sugar to dislodge varroa mites, which are then counted without destroying the sample.
The icing sugar method allows for efficient counting while respecting the bees.
⚠️ Essential for serious apiary health monitoring.
Icing sugar use
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🐝 Varroa EasyCheck 3-in-1 Tester – Veto-Pharma
Le Varroa mite tester EasyCheck Véto-Pharma is a monitoring tool for accurately measuring the level of Varroa mite infestationVarroa destructor) in a colony.
His objective is simple:
👉 avoid reaching a critical level of infestation and to correctly manage treatments.
Regular monitoring allows for the anticipation of losses and the optimisation of apiary health management.
⚙️ EasyCheck Varroa mite tester features
- Varroa mite diagnostic tool on adult bees
- System 3 methods in 1 :
- alcohol wash
- Icing sugar
- CO₂ injection
- Integrated marking for samples of 200 or 300 bees
- Perforated tray optimised for varroa mite drop
- Waterproof lid for practical use
- Robust, durable and reusable material
💡 Advantages of the EasyCheck Varroa mite tester
- reliable measure of the infestation rate
- help decide the right treatment time
- Multi-tool (3 possible methods)
- quick to use at the apiary
- indispensable for serious health monitoring
For guidance only:
an infestation rate of 3 % can already heavily impact production and the health of the colony.
🧭 The 3 counting methods
Alcohol wash
- most effective method reliable and accurate
- Consistent results
- Fast and economical
but implies the destruction of the sample
Icing sugar
- Keep the bees alive
- Simple and economical method
- good alternative terrain
👉 It's the most bee-friendly method.
⚠️ accuracy varies slightly with humidity
CO₂ injection
- anaesthetised bees then released
- results similar to the alcohol method
- quick
⚠️ Requires CO₂ injector and cartridges
📊 Infestation thresholds to monitor
- spring: ≥ 1 %
- between honey flows : > 2 %
- end of season: > 3 %
- Winter (post-treatment): ≥ 2 %
👉 Beyond these thresholds:
mandatory treatment
🐝 Why use a varroa tester?
The varroa mite is now the main cause of colony mortality.
Without measure:
- Late treatment
- unnecessary treatments
- Colony losses
The EasyCheck tester allows you to:
- measure before treatment
- check after treatment
- adjust the health strategy
BeevolutionX Brain
This is not a gadget
It is a beekeeping management tool.
The icing sugar method remains the best on-site option.
Bee welfare
Simplicity
sufficiently reliable
🎥 EasyCheck Tester Demonstration
👉 See the EasyCheck test in real conditions:
Use with alcohol wash
💨 Use with CO₂ injection
Technical documentation
👉 Consult the official Véto-Pharma documents to learn more about using the EasyCheck tester:
These documents detail the counting methods (alcohol, icing sugar, CO₂) and the infestation thresholds to monitor to effectively manage your treatments.
Additional information
| Weight | 1 kg |
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