Hi All
        It is a sad day for what is about to happen in Ireland because of Varroa.
It is a sad day for the world when the only way to solve a problem is to
kill off the host. Some, I suppose, feel that this will take care of the
situation and it will temporarily. Unfortunately this action only puts on
the "band-aid" but doesn't cure the wound.
        All beekeepers throughout the world know when something is wrong with
their hives, when the bees start dropping like flies. Sometimes there is
panic in the streets, in such as to say, brake out the hoses and wash
everything away, then all will be well. Then there are those individuals
will stand up and figure out how to find an answer or at the least, find a
control.
        The sad part to this problem, is the population of the world as a whole,
doesn't know or understand what the real problem is and could care less.
Not realizing what will happen when the food they eat every day, will
slowly disappear.
        There are some of us who know a little on what to do and there are some
who may know more, of course there are those who know it all. But the real
problem we face, as the keepers of bees, is how eradicate that little bug
altogether. We do not have the funds that it would take to do the studies
required.
        This is where education of the masses in every country of the world, has
to be a must, in order to have the monies from the people to save us all
from the hunger that is sure to come. We are on top of the problem because
we work with it. Then it stands to reason, don't it?, that we as a group,
have to open our mouths to all that will listen. In most countries of the
world, the people control their goverments. For this mite is a world
problem and it will not go away any time soon. Sorry for the long post.
 
Joe McManus
Bremerton,WA.
USA
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Tel 360-698-0104
 
 
> I daresay that some of the older beekeepers will lose heart which is a
pity.