> My point again is, ERRADICATION is the best management technique to
> employ against Varroa mites.
 
I think this statement finally clarifies the point being made.
 
I understand this to mean *zero* tolerance, which is at odds with all
current practices!
 
Even use of Apistan leaves a few mites, and by some arguments this
remainder is necessarily far from zero in order to avoid rapid
development of fluvalinate resistance. (We must rememver that varroa
is pretty inbred due to the females breeding only with their own
brothers except in the case where several gravid females enter a
cell.
 
Fascinating...  I take this a hint that Dr. Pedro's method takes no
prisoners...
 
Regards
 
Allen
 
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                                         VE6CFK
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