Sublimators and vaporizers

12 V and 220 V sublimators and vaporisers, SUBLIMOX, INSTANTVAP®, Furetto, Oxyline pre-filters, pans and replacement seals. Up to €670.

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Fogger Vaporizer

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Joshua Ivars
Joshua Ivars
With over 15 years of experience in beekeeping, Joshua collaborates with the national beekeeping congress as part of the scientific committee in the area of innovation and sustainability.

A surgical mask is no use for this

It is the mistake I see most and the one that ends worst. A cloth or surgical mask filters particles; what comes out of a sublimator is acid vapour, and vapour goes straight through. You need respiratory protection with a filter rated for acid vapours, and sealed goggles — not sunglasses, not workshop glasses open at the sides. Work with the wind behind you and do not bring your face to the entrance to check whether it is coming out.

And one maintenance part that decides your safety, not your throughput: the seals. Acid degrades them with use, and a worn seal lets vapour escape where it should not — towards you, not towards the hive. They cost three euros and are replaced before the season, not when you notice a smell. Remember too that the device is not the treatment: what you sublimate must be an authorised veterinary medicine, with its dose and its withdrawal period, and never with honey supers in place.

Beekeeping Sublimators and Vaporizers - Efficient and Safe Treatments

Sublimators and vaporizers

A sublimator is not a treatment: it is the device that applies one. What you sublimate has to be an authorised veterinary medicine for bees, with its leaflet and its dose. The device does not change that.

First of all: protection

The vapour that comes out is acidic and breathable, and that is where people really get hurt. You need a mask with an acid-vapour filter — a surgical one is no use — and sealed goggles. Work with the wind at your back and do not put your face near the entrance. This is not a manufacturer's suggestion: it is the difference between a normal season and a respiratory injury.

How to apply it properly

  • Hive closed. The vapour has to stay inside and crystallise on the bees; with gaps open it escapes and does nothing.
  • No honey supers on. Never during honey production.
  • Respect the withdrawal period in the leaflet before putting supers back.
  • Exact dose. Doubling it does not double efficacy; it harms the colony and leaves residue.

12 V or 220 V

The 12 V runs off the car battery: the practical one in an apiary with no electricity. The 220 V heats faster and does more per hour, but needs a generator or a socket. Instant-vaporisation units (INSTANTVAP®, SUBLIMOX) cut the time per hive a great deal, which across a hundred hives is the difference between an afternoon and a day.

What wears out

The seals and pans (€2.95-3.50). Acid degrades them; a worn seal lets vapour escape where it should not — towards you.

The strategy and the authorised products are in varroa medicines and in bee health.

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What mask do I need for sublimating?

One with a filter rated for acid vapours. Cloth and surgical masks filter particles, and what comes out of a sublimator is vapour: it passes straight through. Add sealed goggles, not sunglasses or workshop glasses open at the sides.

Work with the wind behind you and do not bring your face to the entrance to check whether it is coming out. And check the seals before the season: a worn one lets vapour escape towards you, not towards the hive.