Varroacide Effectiveness of Polyvar Yellow^® (Flumethrin 275 mg) Preparation

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The average daily fall of V_ destructor on Varroa-sticky paper inserts and the average sum of fallen off parasites at various stages of the experiment in individual groups (with range and SD)

Group	Stage I„before treatment”			Stage II„treatment”			Stage III„after treatment”
	n	Average daily fall of V. destructor (range, SD)	Average no. of the parasite in the colony from the whole stage (range)	n	Average daily fall of V. destructor (range, SD)	Average no. of the parasite in the colony from the whole stage (range)	n	Average daily fall of V. destructor (range, SD)	Average no. of the parasite in the colony from the whole stage (range)
PY	10	14.50 (0.30–57.33) (24.38)	43.50 (1–172)	10	14.67 (0.30–88.86) (31.23)	1320.90 (61–5098)	10	1.44A (0.20–3.70) (1.00)	20.10A (2–45)
C	10	18.07 (0.30–23.66) (28.98)	54.20 (1–177)	9	15.76 (8.00–36.90) (29.14)	1418.22 (260–3688)	8	49.11B (14.20–157.30) (27.96)	687,00B (426–1233)

Varroacide effectiveness of PolyVar Yellow® [%] in individual treated colonies

group	the ID of bee colony (PY group)	Varroacide effectiveness of PolyVar Yellow® [%]
		based on the mite fall on the Varroa-sticky board during the treatment and after treatment	based on the infestation rate of bees with V. destructor before treatment and after treatment
PY	30	out*	89.80
	31	out*	95.62
	33	90.91	83.73
	36	99.42	90.69
	52	99.64	100.00
	53	98.85	100.00
	63	95.96	95.49
	66	89.96	97.43
	102	99.13	97.36
	111	99.50	98.14
mean		97	95

Average daily fall of V_ destructor per one bee colony on Varroa-sticky board in subsequent months of the “treatment” stage in individual groups

Group	Average daily fall per one bee colony of V. destructor at the “treatment” stage (range, SD)
	1st month	2nd month	3rd month
PY n=10	41.59 (0.69–104.97) (56.08)	2.38A (0.29–5.58) (1.95)	1.56A (0.67–3.02) (0.92)
C n=10	28.36 (2.27–97.38) (35.77)	21.92B (2.17–68.04) (19.27)	11.23B (3.24–26.05) (8.42)