Versitile Varroa Control
Mite Minder - Oxalic Acid (ER) Extended Release Sponges
Can be used while honey is being collected. Oxalic Acid does not accumulate in the comb like Amitraz / Apivar or Thymol.
Kills mites while you live life. Easy in. Easy Out. No dangerous or bulky equipment. One Trip to the apiary to apply. One to remove.
Biodegradable pad option. Renewable Energy used in production. Lab grade Oxalic Acid.
US Natl. Organic Standards Board approved for organic livestock production. Put that on your honey label…
Does not interrupt brood rearing; does not congest double deep broodsnest. Less mites = more productivity.
No Temperature restrictions for application. Does not agitate your hive like Formic Acid. Does not make your hive smell like Thymol.
100% of our operations and all manufacturing is here in the USA. Our land, our food security, our turn. Veteran Owned Business.
Proven Effective During Brood Rearing. 30 days = >75% mite reduction; Apply Mite Minder and walk away for 2 months. Come back to happy hives.
Commercial and Sideliners
Simplify your operations while you stay ahead of Varroa
We interviewed commercial beekeepers and made an Oxalic Acid Extended Release Product that addressed their concerns. Our commercial formulation process gets a fast drop, goes in and comes out easily. Our design and application protocol reduces congestion in the broodnest and encourages contact by adult bees. Less trips to the hive, less impact on your bees, less planning for temperature and honey collection timing for early Varroa control.
Less restrictions, less interruptions, more bees, more honey.
Leave your supers on while controlling Varroa and feel good about it! Unlike Formic Treatments, It will not shut down or knock out your queen while your colony population is expanding during the honey flow and has no temperature restrictions to worry about. Our biopesticide product ingredients are exempt from USDA food tolerances. Mite Minder will not contaminate combs or honey like Amitraz, Thymol, Fluvalinate, or Coumaphos. Sleep easy and know that your employees and products are safer.
You asked for it, we will deliver it.
We put together a hummdinger of a team. We have University PhD’s, Toxicologists, Consultants, Lawyers, Chemists and Beekeepers. Like you, we want to grow our business in the US and buy from US companies. We are committed to protecting the beekeeping industry from being pinched between colony losses and increasing EPA enforcement efforts. We have been doing the work and we ask for your support, buy our registered pesticide and we will stand behind it.
For Hobbyists
Bae was a second year beekeeper whose two colonies collapsed over the winter. She had to pay for new packages and she missed the delicious spring honey flow. She knew that she had to handle Varroa Destructor.
Bae wanted a simple, summertime, varroa mite control that she could use while collecting honey without stopping her queen from laying. She spent hours on YouTube and considered seemingly dangerous and expensive equipment to vaporize Oxalic Acid. (lugging car batteries out to her hive?). She read about Oxalic Acid Extended Release but did not want to buy bulk chemicals or turn her kitchen into a laboratory.
Bae kept Varroa under control easily and early in the season without hard chemicals. She used Mite Minder 100% Biodegradable and Compostable.
She saved her bees a season of parasitic suffering while saving time. Because her bees were healthy and had good forage, she had honey to share.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Oxalic Acid is approved for vaporization (not effective during brood rearing) and dribble method (Oxalic is 3x more toxic when ingested) in all states except California. However, mixing Oxalic Acid with Glycerol is not an approved method. Stay tuned for updates by signing up for our mailing list. We will not sell your information nor will be send you a lot of emails.
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Yes! We just completed a 36 Colony study in three seperate apiaries with our new formula and pad design. It demonstrated that our product controls varroa with excellent results. We also used Machine Learning to count all the bees on all the frames on all the colonies to evaluate possible effects on colony population. There was no decrease in population compared to the control group.
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Oxalic Acid has been used for over a decade in Europe and all over the world and no resistance has been noted. We still recommend rotating pesticides and can help design a plan to control varroa without sacrificing your time or honey!
Still have more questions? Let us know and we’d be happy to answer them.
Help us save your bees, your honey, your money, and the Planet Earth
Lyle Phipps (founder) is a backyard beekeeper who is fascinated by honey bee colony behavior and loves a good cold plunge. After fighting his own battles to save his hives from Varroosis, he saw that online there is a lack of local knowledge for managing Varroa in the Summer time while honey supers are on the hive. He found Randy Oliver’s (a commercial beekeeper and scientist) research and asked for his neighborly blessing to pursue EPA registration of a new Oxalic Acid product. Randy offered his support! Lyle believes that bringing Oxalic Acid (ER) Extended Release (Mite Minder) to market could be a meaningful and valuable way of enabling people who care about their bees to save them and their resources!
