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> I am a new addressee, who has been initiated into beekeeping by my two
> teenage sons.
> We have Apistan solution as Klartan, bought in France 2y ago.
> How do we prepare to treat our bees? What dilution is needed?
> We live in West Wales (pembrokeshire).
>
> --
> Roger W Burns (St Thomas' Surgery)
Dear Mr. Burns:
I have known Klartan since the early 80's when it was introduced in
Spain from Germany (at that time I was doing research on pesticides
for my doctoral thesis in Spain).  I don't have much faith in the
use of pesticides at any place near bees therefor I don't use any with
my bees. Also, I have used it in the form of Apistan, and the Varroa
continue to fourish like if it wasn't there! Becasue of the above
reasons I started doing research with several other subtances and
compounds, especially those that do not contaminate or kill the bees!
I can PROUDLY claim that I have developed a method that kills Varroa and
HTM's. I will make my findings known at the 54th Annual Convention of
The American Beekeeping Federation coming January 15-18, 1996. I can
assure you that after that you can FORGET Klartan and the like. Some of
the other Bee-L participants who use Apistan type commercial
applications will probably give you advice on how to use your present
stock until the near future.
Happy new Year.
Dr. Pedro P. Rodriguez
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454
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