RECIVED FROM MY FREND IN KENYA Hi Bill, I have just removed the set of pads that i installed about 30 days ago. I found a few pads have been eaten by the bees, on one i found both pads were completely eaten away, is this normal?. YES The most surprising thing is that when we are installing the pads in the hives the bees are completely docile, In all my 15 years of working on bees I have never seen them so calm, yesterday we installed pads on 60 hives and the bees were so calm i could not believe, I am now wondering if we can developed a system of using the Formic acid to calm down these bees. DOES ANYONE WANT TO TRY IT ON AFRICANIZED BEES HERE I have checked on the hives that we installed the pads and there is no signs of varoa. i am also noticing that the bees are very active and the brood frames are full of brood which is a very good sign, I have a glass Hives (observassion hive) in my office and before we installed the pads i could see the Varoa on the bees, after installing the pads there are no Varoa at all and the brood frame is absolute full with brood. My feeling is that there is a very big change with the bees that have been treated with the Formic acid. i will be sending you updates on the progress. And by the way i have found a better way of fitting the pads, so simple, i will send you photos. Regards Ernest African Beekeepers Ltd. Tel: +254-20-206 06 85/ +254-20- 202 25 86 Fax: +254 -20- 801 40 90 Mobile: +254 -20- 722 700 226 Bill Ruzicka Bill's Honey Farm - Home of the MiteGone Formic Acid Treatment 2910 Glenmore Road North Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 2B6 CANADA Tel/Fax: 1-250-762-8156 (the best way to reach me is by phone Pacific Time) Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] (include your phone number so I can call you back) Website: <http://www.mitegone.com/> www.mitegone.com *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm