On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, Dave Einhorn wrote:
> Has anyone read the Popular Science article in which someone claimed
> that they were using patties made of Crisco Oil to treat trachea
> mites?
>
You might as well get it straight from the source. See Diana Sammataro
and others, "Controlling Tracheal Mites ...in Honey Bees...with Vegetable
Oil," Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol 87, No 4, (1994), pp. 910-916..
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