>>>  Just my two cents, but I am not that excited by the idea of beekeeping falling into the hands of the gene editors of Big Ag. It may not be the bucolic pursuit it once was, but some of us still cherish beekeeping as a pursuit which makes us feel like a part of nature. Gene editing is already a reality but I would hope that we can avoid it in this case. My bees looking really good this year, not as a result of anything more than good timing and good conditions. I have treated for mites using formic, which for me is the least bad.             <><><>   I can empathize but....    I was treatment free for over ten years - with success.  But these last two summers I've been badly hit with the varroa bomb and accompanying viruses.   I am now on an oxalic acid regimen.  We'll see how that goes.  I can't continue going treatment free.  I can understand the reluctance to depend upon big ag, but if it works and is cost effective???
Mike in LA

  

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