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APINOVAR has been designed to make
IPM easy and efficient. First, APINOVAR is a powerful information
tool. It enables you to know and predict at any time the infestation
level of your bee colonies. APINOVAR also gives you access to
the best method of treatment: the "flash" method of
application for formic acid. "Flash" is the fastest,
cheapest and most efficient way of using formic. On top of that
APINOVAR directly supports the bee in its combat against varroa
by respecting and supporting its grooming behaviour. APINOVAR
is the key to a natural and highly efficient method of controlling
varroa in even the largest bee operations. Comes with APINOVAR
a fully developed IPM system resulting from solid research and
experience. We are proud to be able to offer the APINOVAR solution
to the beekeeping community.
Working
with APINOVAR
means seeing ahead and being in full control of the situation.
Stop going blind. Stop being nervous about varroa.
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Monitoring and APINOVAR
Monitoring is essential in a successful IPM strategy. Sampling
by the natural drop of the mites is the most sensitive monitoring
method. This is the only method than can be used to predict
future mites levels. Natural drop sampling with APINOVAR is
faster, cheaper, and even more accurate. It is also fun.
- It is not necessary to protect
the sampling carton with a screen.
- Simple vegetable grease can
be used as sticky material. Using a paint roller is a very
fast way of preparing your reusable sticky boards.
- Using the side-opening sampling
drawer, installing or collecting the sticky boards is done
swiftly and smoothly without disturbing the colonies and without
getting stung.
- Long sampling periods are possible
for better sensitivity at low infestation level.
- Moreover, the screen surface
is maximized to cover 98% of the total surface of the base.
Sampling results will really reflect actual infestation level.
 
Treatments and APINOVAR
Flash application of formic in
conjunction with APINOVAR presents great advantages.
- The formic acid can be applied
rapidly and safely via the sampling drawer of APINOVAR without
even opening the hive. When a drench gun is used to deliver
the acid, whole yards can be treated in a matter of minutes.
- No need to use any support material
other that paper towels. This means important year after year
savings for you. No need either for other special equipment.
- APINOVAR makes better use of
the formic vapours. Flash on APINOVAR is almost twice as efficient.
Also, as opposed to slow release application methods, you
will find very little variations in efficiency between individual
colonies. Flash on APINOVAR delivers the level of efficiency
that one only expects from a commercial synthetic pesticide
(94% and more).
- Flash is also a very versatile
treatment. Its short duration makes it suitable as a mid-season
treatment. Both dosage and number of applications can be adapted
to suit the bees need and the prevailing conditions. It can
be used to treat one or two brood chamber colonies without
any risk and maintaining the same level of efficiency.
With APINOVAR treatments with conventional
pesticides are also more efficient. Mites that have been weakened
but not killed by the treatment fall through the screen and
are eliminated. As a consequence, the apparition of resistance
in the mite population is retarded.
APINOVAR is a high quality
product than provides many other advantages. It meets the needs
of most beekeeping operations.
- The absence of a solid
bottom allows for increased ventilation
when needed:
- for moving bees
- for moving closed nucs
- for wintering (no humidity on
the floor)
- It can be used with any type
of hive placement. It will suit palletised operations.
- It can be piled crosswise for
easy storage and transportation.
- Its sampling drawer slides smoothly
no matter what the humidity. It can be pulled out easily using
a hive tool.
- It is sturdy and very light.
The total weight including the sampling tray is only 1.9 kilos.
APINOVAR is actually sturdier than a standard bottom board:
it will not come apart.
- it is more durable than a standard
bottom board. Its airy design prevents the accumulation of
hive debris that retain humidity and cause rotting. The high
quality of the galvanized screen we use, and the way we protect
its edges, prevent it from rusting. Furthermore, the whole
bottom board is paraffin dipped to make it last longer. A
broken screen can easily be replaced. Stainless steel is available
as an option.
Trough our long experience, we
found solutions to the numerous technical difficulties involved
in the fabrication of such a product. Potential corrosion of
screen, warping or swelling of the wood, infiltration of water
or bees into the sampling tray and insufficient protection of
the wood are only a few of the numerous problems that one has
to face when building such a product. Large scale fabrication
gives us access to the best prices for the materials and to
sophisticated and highly efficient equipments. We are happy
to let you take advantage of all this. Think of it before you
start building your own. Too often beekeepers engaging into
the adventure of self building have to live with an end product
they do not like to work with. Furthermore, they do not find
the expected economy. APINOVAR is a top quality product and
we accept the challenge of offering it at the lowest possible
price. It is made in Canada. In many provinces the purchase
of APINOVAR is eligible for funding as sampling equipment under
specific government programs intended to encourage the implementation
of IPM and good environmental practices at the farm.
EFP program in Ontario and CMFSP program in Manitoba are examples
of such programs. Check in your own province.
Visit our web site for more information.
You will find the following documents :
Distributor:
F.-W. Jones & Sons
(450)
248-3323
We are now
also selling directly by the pallet (outside Quebec)
call for more
information: (819) 828-3396
for technical
information on APINOVAR:
Jean-Pierre Chapleau, Les Reines Chapleau, (819) 828-3396
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