Carolyn reported on her experiences with a beeswax/FGMO mixture for
varroa control.  This is an interesting report.  I've got just a few
questions, however.

When you make up the "glop", what temperature do you reach?  Obviously,
you need to at least melt the beeswax, but then when you mix in the FGMO
how cool does it get before the wax hardens - or does the mixture even
harden?  Then when you paint it onto the inside of the brood chambers,
do you need to keep it still hot or warm?

You say you check the worker brood cells for varroa, and find 0 - 10%.
Is this the percentage of brood cells containing at least one mite?  In
such a cell, when found, how many mites are usually present?  Also, I
have an interest in how many mites you find in drone cells, since in my
own experience varroa are usually preferentially present there.  I
assume you have also checked drone brood - what is the percentage of
these cells with varroa?

Do you also run control hives without the "glop" paint?  Just wondering.

Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA