NATION WIDE SEMINARS
TREATING VARROA AND TRACHEAL MITES
WITH FORMIC ACID:
TIPS FOR THE PRACTICAL BEEKEEPER
A COMPLETE FOUR HOUR COURSE ON:
• Status of formic acid use in the USA.
• Testing for resistance and treatment efficacy.
• Effect of screen bottoms on fumigation and evaporation
treatments.
• Why we use formic acid.
• Various methods of treatments.
• When to treat, missing the “Cue” and re-infestation.
• How to eliminate negative aspects for which formic acid
is blamed.
• Safe use and handling of liquid formic acid.
The speaker, Bill Ruzicka, is a 63 year old professional engineer
who in 1980 became a bee breeder. He operates 500 hives for pollination
and bee stock production in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia
Canada and produces 500 super nuks for Alberta each year. He is
a keeper of “Vernon Bee Stock.” His operations are
highly mechanized and extremely organized reflecting his years
as an aircraft engineer. Bill holds a patent to the biological
control of Varroa using the fungus Hirsutella Thompsonii. In search
for a better formic acid treatment suitable for a commercial operation,
he evaluated many existing methods of treatment and compiled a
set of principles for successful treatment. Furthermore, he developed
and patented MiteGone formic acid evaporator treatment. In the
fall of 2003, Bill and his wife drove a total of 15,000 miles
across America, held 30 seminars and spoke at 4 state conventions.
Committed and available dates and locations:
June 25th – 27th Williams Lake / Prince George
BC
Contact: Wally Steidle Tel: 1 (250) 960-0360 Email: steidlews@yahoo.com
Diane Dunaway Tel: 1 (250) 297-6399 Email: dunawayranch@telus.net
July 10th 10am Cranbrook BC 4300 Wilks Road
Contact: Lance Cuthill Tel: 1 (250) 426-6049 Email: lcuthill@cintek.com
July 11th Nelson BC
Contact: Dave Johnson Tel: 1 (250) 229-4765
July 13th 9am Missoula Montana Holiday Inn Parkside
Part of WAS Conference
Contact: Jerry Bromenshenk Tel: 1 (406) 544-9007 Email: beeresearch@aol.com
Bill Ruzicka Tel: 1 (250) 762-8156 Email: billruzicka@mitegone.com
Aug 11th – 13th Eastern Washington Available
Aug 14th 1pm Portland Oregon Location TBA
Contact: Harry Vanderpool Tel: 1(503)-399-3675 Email: shallotman@yahoo.com
Ron Bennett Tel: 1(503)-838-2328 Email: Ooffy@aol.com
Aug 15th Washington West Sound Beekeepers – Time
and Location TBA
Contact: Dennis Heeney Tel: 1 (206) 842-5545 Email: dennismillieh@aol.com
Aug 17th Victoria BC Time and Location TBA
Contact: Frank Whitton Tel: 1 (250) 995-7364 Email: fwhitton@shaw.ca
Aug 18th Nanaimo BC Time and Location TBA
Contact: Sol Nowitz Tel: 1 (250) 753-9619 Email: jinglepotapiaries@telus.net
Aug 19th Richmond BC Time and Location TBA
Contact: Gerhart Pahl Tel: 1 (604) 602-1257 Email: gerhart@pahl.ca
Oct 1-15th From BC to Florida – 7 – 10 seminars
TBA
Nov 12 – 13 Iowa State meeting
Contact: Steve Hanlin Tel: 1 (515) 294-1936 Email: sjhanlin@iastate.edu
If you wish to reserve a seminar for the summer
or fall of 2004, please contact Bill or Susanne at billruzicka@mitegone.com,
phone: 1-250-762-8156 or fax: 1-250-763-1206.
For those who are unable to attend Bill’s
seminars, he created a series of “workshops” in the
form of publishable articles on the above subjects suitable for
personal study or local bee club presentation. These articles
are available on the Internet by visiting www.mitegone.com. Click
on the “Print Literature & Seminars” link and
then on the “Articles and Poster” link.
