Yum, yum, crow tastes soooo good.

Since I was so convinced that I was correct about the impermissibility of
using less than labeled amounts of a pesticide (and Bob was so certain that
he was correct) I had to verify my information.  What I found is that Bob is
correct and I was wrong.  So, first of all Bob, I apologize for my original
statement and secondly I would like to thank you for correcting my
misunderstanding.

Now for a specific question.  Why do you believe that varroa cannot develop
resistance to thymol?  If that statement is true, then thymol would
definitely have one very positive trait that would make it highly desirable.
I am definitely of the opinion that all pests can develop resistances to any
pesticide unless there is generally a 100% kill from using the pesticide.
That is probably more true in cases where we are using relatively "benign"
pesticides because we are trying to kill something so "insect like" as a
mite, while still not killing our bees.

Make that two very positive traits - Api Life Var is listed for use on bees!



Randy Flaming

Oregon

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