Fluvalinate[1] is a synthetic pyrethroid chemical compound contained as an active agent in the products Apistan,[2] Klartan, and Minadox, that is an acaricide (specifically, a miticide), commonly used to control Varroa mites in honey bee colonies,[citation needed] infestations that constitute a significant disease of such insects.

Fluvalinate is a stable, nonvolatile,[3] viscous, heavy oil (technical) soluble in organic solvents.

[5][better source needed] Fluvalinate is considered an acute toxic, Health hazard and environmental hazard by ECHA (European Chemicals Agency).

The chemical is fatal if inhaled and is extremally toxic to aquatic life.

Fluvalinate is synthesized from racemic valine [(RS)-valine], the synthesis is not diastereoselective.