> Adding another anecdote to the pile : I have measured
> varroas on oily coroplast every 24h before fogging for
> 3 days and then 5 hrs, 12 hrs, and 24 hrs after
> fogging. I have not measured any significativ increase
> of fallen mites with FGMO alone.

Yeah.  That's the thing that makes me wonder.  Why is it that some report
results, and others do not see any effect?  Is it the timing, the method,
the actual oil used, the fogger, imagination, coincidence...???

> PS: as per litterature, and as you noticed, AO
> drizzling is known to work when there is no brood,
> applied by a scientist or non scientist... ;-)

That was the problem, all right, and maybe timing has something to do with
the oil reports.  I don't know, but I do know that some credible people have
claimed to see measurable results with FGMO.  Many have not.  Anyhow, I
continue to be amazed at how, "A man sees what he wants to see and
disregards the rest.  La la la, etc..."

A person can spend some time at
http://www.beesource.com/ubb/Forum11/HTML/000289.html
and http://www.beesource.com/pov/rodriguez/abjjan2003.htm and hunt around a
bit and still wonder.  Perhaps the older messages have been trimmed, but
maybe not.  At one time, seemed there were many there who measured.

Maybe some day, I'll try FGMO, but so far, I have not seen a need to do so.
In the meantime, I'll listen closely to any reports that include
observations that are more quantitative than, "I got a crop and my bees look
good".

allen
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