All I want for Christmas ...

[fatshark]

... is a VM Vaporiser ...
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... or perhaps the intriguingly named Ferret with steel serpentine from Icko (http://www.icko-apiculture.com/fr/le-furet.html) ...
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How can Varroa stand a chance?

[Thymallus]

You may need to consider what you are going to use as a power source for the VM. Something like this attached towed behind the bee mobile should do it nicely.
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[Greengage]

you need to be a bit ambitious and get one of these do it right. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUjA0A1iK7I

[busybeephilip]

Brilliant extracting station - could see lots of robbing going on in those empty supers being stacked on the pallet, I would imagine that if there was any AFB around the whole apairy would come down with it, - but then the yanks use teramycin on a regular basis to treat their bees whether needed or not thus hiding any disease.

[busybeephilip]

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... or perhaps the intriguingly named Ferret with steel serpentine from Icko (http://www.icko-apiculture.com/fr/le-furet.html) ...
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Yes, I had a look at the ferret thing some time ago, the recipie calles for oxalic dissolved in ethyl spirit (ethanol). I have one of the mineral oil fogger thingys that look very similar and thought of using it but was a bit wary about vaporizing ethanol ? (from memory) into my hives and the effect it might have on the bees (killing them ? ) It would be a handy bit of kit to use in the field
see www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TGXX0NCW_Y

[busybeephilip]

Ha Ha, knew i had this ref somewhere see http://apis-donau.com/fr/blog/2016/11/08/treatment-varroa-mite-using-oxalic-acid-thymol-dissolved-ethyl-spirit/
for details of the recipies

[The Drone Ranger]

Surgical spirit (ethanol) can kill bees very easily
Even just evaporating disolved thymol using pads you have to be careful