Hello fellow recipients and others.
 
      At the time of my first posting about my work with bee mites, I went
into meticulous details explaining my years of work and study regarding the
biology of bee mites and why I determined that oil would be an effective
mechanism for the treatment of bee mites.  I do not wish to consume your
time or electronic time and space repeating the comparisons established for
selection of FGMO.  I have continuously provided copies of my files to all
and any who requested them, and I will continue to provide those and any
other subsequent related work.  I have described in painful details time and
time again that  Food Grade Mineral Oil was selected for testing in
preference to other oils because in the United States of America, FGMO is
approved for used in food handling operations.  FGMO is used in a wide
variety of food handling operations and medical practice because it has been
proven to be innocuous, non toxic, non allergenic, and I could fill a full
size page with other similar beneficial characteristics.  I can not say the
same for any other of the substances being used at present for treating bee
mites, including chemicals, which although approved for use in beekeeping,
have limitations.
       After13 years of intensive study, I am fully convinced of the
effectiveness of FGMO for use as a miticide in beekeeping and of its safety
for human consumption and friend- liness to the environment.
       I am absolutely certain that I do not have to defend my work.  My
work is honest and performed with scientific certainty.  Unfortunately, I do
not have the necessary funds to launch a publicity campaign to proclaim the
virtues and benefits that can/could be derived from the use of FGMO for this
purpose, nor the funding for performing laboratory tests that are being
suggested for FGMO to receive the "blessing" of approval.
     I will continue my projected work according to my capabilities and
report my findings as I have in the past.  I think that it is in the best
interest of beekeeping to pursue this trend of thought and that capable
individuals (industry) and institutions should dedicate some of their
resources to determine those aspects that seem to disturb some of the
writers to this list.
     I have been receiving, reading and answering hundreds of electronic
messages and many postal letters addressed to my home address.  As
environmental conditions continue to improve, I need to dedicate more time
to my field work and less to sit at the PC reading electronic messages. I
will, however, continue to dedicate as much time as I may require to answer
questions and to provide answers regarding the progress of my work.
I do have one request, please address your messages to my e-mail address,
fax or snail mail if you prefer.
     To all of you, thanks for listening to my ideas about the love of my
life, honeybees.
Best regards.
Dr. Pedro Rodriguez
2133 Wolfsnare Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
(Fax) 757-631-1943