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How it Works

Unlike competing chemical treatments, the MiteZapper® can be used any time during the drone rearing season, without opening your colony! The MiteZapper® is easy to use and is very effective in controlling varroa mites in honey bee colonies.

Resembling a heating element, the MiteZapper® is a Drone Foundation. Industry wide research has proven that varroa mites are 10-12 times more

likely to prefer drone cells. In fact up to 20 varroa females may invade a drone brood cell.

The MiteZapper® is installed into the hive box as easily as a regular frame.

After the bees seal the brood, the beekeeper connects the frame to the control box, which is then connected to a 12 volt vehicle battery for about 8 minutes. A smaller/lighter 12 volt 35Ah battery may be used. The electricity produces enough heat to kill both the pupae and the mites! The bees then remove the dead or dying drones/mites within 24-72 hours. The MiteZapper® is then ready for the queen to lay eggs again. The zapping process should be done every 21-25 days during the drone rearing season.

The Mite Zapper® can be used with a running car
battery, just connect your jumper cables!

The MiteZapper® works by progressively killing the varroa trapped inside the sealed drone cells each time that you use it. After the 1st zapping you will kill a significant number of varroa mites. The varroa still alive in the colony will will be trapped and killed by the 2nd zapping and so on. The MiteZapper® works immediately to control varroa and promote a healthy hive.

Click here to see the Advantages over the Drone Trap Method

In laboratory and field testing (over five years), the MiteZapper® is 85 - 95% effective in killing varroa mites. The product does not interfere with bee keeping and management practices as the beekeeper does not have to open and disturb the colony. The MiteZapper® can be left in the colony year round. Click here to see the Advantages.

The Challenge

Today, beekeepers are losing 30 to 40 percent of their colonies each year to mites. News articles and scientific research not only echo Einstein's statement, they warn the world of the imminent nutritional danger humans face since honey bees are dying at alarming rates. In the US, almost 100% of feral (unmanaged) honey bees and 50% of managed honey bees have been annihilated by a pest known as the Varroa Mite. Since the late 1980's, the varroa mites have become a major problem to the health of bee populations and many beekeepers have experienced significant loss of production as well as increased costs.

Scientists have struggled to assist beekeepers with chemical treatments for infestation problems. The treatments are very expensive and labor intensive, with inconsistent results. If the chemicals are misused, they cause damage to honey bees and leave residues in the bee products. To make matters worse, the Varroa Mites resistance to chemicals is increasing at an alarming rate. The failure for the industry to embrace new technology and provide alternate treatments to kill the Varroa Mite, could pose severe consequences of epidemic proportion to crops around the world.

The Solution

The MiteZapper® is an effective means to treat the varroa mite. Beekeepers around the world will have a a user-friendly, economical, and NON-CHEMICAL pest management solution to Varroa Mite infestation. The MiteZapper® is RoHs Compliant and Lead Free!

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Control Box

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Mite Zapper Frame 19" x 9.125"

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