On 28 Apr 99, at 15:44, The window God wrote:
> someone posted a line or two about using tobbaco smoke to knock off mites
> in order to test mite population in the hive could someone explain to a
> bee-ginner if this is true and/or effective
Well known and used extensively in Europe. The hive entrance is sealed and
puffs from a smoker using a specially strong tobbacco are blown into the
entrance. This affects the Varroa and causes them to fall off. Obviously a
sticky board or some method of holding the dropped Varroa is a good idea.
Anyone want some (tobbacco) we have it in stock.
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