In a message dated 8/18/99 10:05:48 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> the former USSR are apparently returning to this heat
>  > treatment method after years of treating for Varroa chemically.
>
>  I wonder why?  ...And I wonder about the miracle bees imported from Russia
> to
>  the USA if the people in the country of origin are having to treat.
>

The former USSR is a big place (Russia being just one of the countries) and
isn't it a bit much to assume that the new super bees are already widely
distributed throughout the region and Varroa eliminated?

I doubt that any single approach to Varroa will be sufficient in the short
term, be it genetic, chemical, heat, trapping or ??. I do have an open mind
about possible alternative treatments.

Cesar Flores