Hi Paul, Looks like not too many want to answer your query. I think they may refrain because they get too much flack. This is an unsubstantiated treatment. I lost so many bees the past years that I was willing to try something and what Dr. Rodriquez was saying sounded good. I have used nothing but FGMO since last Spring. I started with 15 hives and lost one so far and I don't think it was from mites. We had a very unusual winter here in MD, USA, so it is pretty hard to put too much stock in just one year and just me with no scientific evidence and control hives and nothing but the seat of my pants. I am only a hobbiest and can do what I want with my time and energy. The hives that made it through the winter all looked good except one. That is more then I have been able to say for the past several years. Now I thought I was going to get a honey crop this year because the bees looked so good. We just finished 13 rainy days in a row. It stayed cloudy and cool and rained off and on for 13 days! The bees hardly flew in my neck of the woods. Just can't win for losing. FGMO?------ Just keep watching this list. There are others who are trying the FGMO too and they will let us know. And maybe somebody will do a good scientific study on it. One thing I can say is that as far as the Mites themselves go, there is no resistance to FGMO. No more than you have resistance to a Mack Truck (big American truck). What other problems may arise from the use of FGMO, I do not know. I'll be back when I have more info. billy bee ---------- > From: paul s leroy <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: trachael mite treatment > Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 11:49 PM > > Would some of the people on the list who have been using FGMO please > talk about the effect of FGMO on trachael mites? Maybe it has been posted > recently but Iif so I missed it. Thanks, Paul LeRoy in S.C. USA.