>I will send this one last time since I have not seen my question echo back     
>to my inbasket and am not sure its made it on the list yet!                    
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>> > I am new to this list as I have just started keeping bee's (two new        
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>> hives).                                                                      
>> > If this is a rehashing of old topics I apologize.                          
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>> > I understand that a patty can be made to keep down tracial mites using     
>> > wintergreen.  My question is would one made with pepermint work just as    
>> > well or better or not at all?  If it does work does anyone have a recipe   
>> > for this?                                                                  
                                                                                
There is a lot of work being done on essential oils, both here in Canada and    
South of the border. The jury is out at the moment, until someone comes out     
with difinitive results, the general opinion is to stick with the recognised    
treatments, or risk losing your bees.                                           
        Sorry your question was not answered. One problem with the list, we     
all get busy!!!                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
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