Hurray.   Excellent!
So Mineral Oil is recognized as a valid acaricide!   I must thank Mr. King for an
excellent piece of literary research.  I must admit that I would have loved to
have had this information two or three yeas ago.  Regardless of the fact that
Mineral Oil may been used in the past as an acaricide,  I haven't seen anyone
explain the bilogic-physiologic reason why mineral oil is an effective acaricide,
Dr. Pedro Rodriguez did!  Dr. Pedro Rodriguez,
through intensive analytical deduction proposed and tested the hypothesis of how
mineral oil effectively blocks the surface pores of the mites, thus depriving the
mites of oxygen and water necessary for the mites to live.    Thanks again, Mr.
King, for your valuable information.  Your report corroborates my hypothesis.
Mineral oil does work as an acaricide!   I never had any doubts!  Shortly, my
work, together with that of many others now engaged in testing the effectiveness
of mineral oil for bee mites control will provide the means to every beekeeper in
the world to get rid of the pesky mites.  As previously announced on this list
service, I am now working on the final testing stage of application of mineral
oil for commercial beekeepers.
      Mr. King's report should ease the minds of those who doubted the veracity
of my findings.  I am sure that other investigators with more financial support
and larger and better facilities than mine will have a "field day" testing the
efficacy of mineral oil for
bee mites control.
Thank the Lord Almighty for little favors.
Joyful regards.
Dr. Rodriguez
Virginia Beach, VA