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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 12246" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Sorry, but my statement is quite correct, I am not a reckless fool who talks crap. ( Well not all the time anyway <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite17" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /> ). A little research before you spoke could have enlightened you, but anyhow it's probably a good thing you mentioned it cos not everyone will do the research.</p><p></p><p>So to explain, in apivar the amitraz (the active ingredient) is within a plastic strip where it is protected, and once in a hive slowly leaches out over several months. It only breaks down at any speed once out of the strip and exposed to oxygen. This breaking down once out of the strip takes several days, so the manufacturers have designed things so there is a steady stream of amitraz leaching out of the strips, enough so that even as it slowly degrades, there is sufficient level in the hive to deal with the mites.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, people sometimes complain about the price of apivar. I don't know what their profits are, but I do know that a heckuva lot of research went into the development of the strips before they were on sale commercially. It was not just a case of mixing in some chemical with some plastic. It had to be carefully formulated and many trials done before they got the right balance that would leach just the right amount into a hive in just the right time period to do the optimum job on the mites.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 12246, member: 13"] Sorry, but my statement is quite correct, I am not a reckless fool who talks crap. ( Well not all the time anyway :LOL: ). A little research before you spoke could have enlightened you, but anyhow it's probably a good thing you mentioned it cos not everyone will do the research. So to explain, in apivar the amitraz (the active ingredient) is within a plastic strip where it is protected, and once in a hive slowly leaches out over several months. It only breaks down at any speed once out of the strip and exposed to oxygen. This breaking down once out of the strip takes several days, so the manufacturers have designed things so there is a steady stream of amitraz leaching out of the strips, enough so that even as it slowly degrades, there is sufficient level in the hive to deal with the mites. As an aside, people sometimes complain about the price of apivar. I don't know what their profits are, but I do know that a heckuva lot of research went into the development of the strips before they were on sale commercially. It was not just a case of mixing in some chemical with some plastic. It had to be carefully formulated and many trials done before they got the right balance that would leach just the right amount into a hive in just the right time period to do the optimum job on the mites. [/QUOTE]
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