This year I set aside 4 hives to test the West Virginia essential oils
method of mite control.  They were my best producers and are at present my
strongest colonies.  Terrimician is the only other treatment they have had
since July 96.  At present they are my strongest colonies.  In some bee
yards I have lost some colonies treated in the traditional way.
 
Having said this,  I think that the tracking slurry could benefit this
colony if it is smeared around the entrance hole in the transmission case.
It would have to be put on in such a way that the bees have to walk through
it to get in the nest.
 
Info on this treatment at www.wvu.edu/~agexten/varroa.htm
 
Frank & Phronsie Humphrey
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> On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:34:14 -0400, Linda Campbell wrote:
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> they enter through one small screw hole. We recently noticed many bees on
the outside of the rusted casing. I looked closer and noticed that
> many (90%) of the bees outside the hive have no wings. A friend says they
are deformed from varroa mite infestation and that the colony will be
> dead in a month. This saddens me but of more concern is what happens to
the mites?