On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Mark D. Egloff wrote:
 
>      In my recent readings, I have come across some references to using
>      tobacco in the smoker with the implication that the tobacco smoke
>      kills varroa.
 
Hi Mark,
 
A tobacco smoke knock-down was the official method of searching
for varroa in the UK until very shortly after it was found. Many
people who had been using tobacco without finding mites started
using Bayvarol when it was released and promptly found many
hundreds or even thousands of mites. Here at least, tobacco
smoke is now generally believed to be discredited.
 
Regards,
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