Aaron Morris wrote:

> Peter is usually pretty "on the mark", but in this case, and in all
> fairness to Dean, I have to agree that since the advent of Varroa, the
> substances, ease of use and lack of concern over said use has sky
> rocketed!  

If you go from a fairly steady state beekeeping world where the pests were under control and add something that 
disrupts it, you will get an explosion of treatments, which is exactly what Peter showed in his post. In 
essence, human behavior has not changed.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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