> Based on soon-to-be-Dr. Ramsey's studies, it turns out that varroa are

not closely related to blood-feeding insects>               <Perhaps because they are mites? Geoff>


Oh well, Ramsey talks about blood instead of hemolymph (and now I see people defining hemolymph as blood) so why not do the same with 8-legged members of a completely different Order than the six-legged insects?  Why do people think that what kills a mite may not kill a bee?   It's not simply a matter of dose to body size.  Mites and Spiders are in a different Class of invertebrates than Honey Bees, not to mention different Orders.  Their physiology is even different.


I hope it is the media and the repeaters are misquoting the soon-to-be doctor.   








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