Extract from Dr. Tom Sandford's Aug issue of Apis. >This goes back to some beekeeping basics, as stated by Mr. Glen >Stanley, retired Iowa bee inspector, while giving advice on >controlling tracheal mites "...why not begin fighting the battle >where it would do the most good by getting bees cleared of nosema >first." (see July 1994 APIS). The same issue was also raised more >recently by Andrew Matheson discussing why beekeepers have so >quickly adopted vegetable oil patties for tracheal mite control, >yet do not routinely use fumagillin for nosema. (see December 1995 >APIS). ".....why not go one better and re-queen with Tracheal Mite resistant stock" Some time ago I took the liberty of posting a lot of information to the Bee-L on the work done since 1990 here in Ontario to produce stock which is T-mite resistant. It went down like the proverbial 'lead balloon'. All it seemed to do was to bring out the critics. Surely it makes economic sense, a re-queen with tested T-mite resistant stock costing $11US, and all the problem with T-mites is history. When reading magazine and publications we get lots of advice on how to combat T-mites, but never has anyone suggested our way. Why not? **************************************************** * David Eyre 9 Progress Drive, Unit 2, * * The Beeworks, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6H1. * * [log in to unmask] 705-326-7171 * * http://www.muskoka.net/~beeworks * * Agents for: E H Thorne & B J Sherriff UK. * ****************************************************