"The Three Little Beekeepers"
In the epring of 2000 the three little(above sideline!)beekeepers discussed
the treatments for their "bee houses".

The first little beekeeper said he had read on the internet many beekeepers
were not treating for varroa in the spring so he was going to save money and
not treat as he thought he had a good mite kill last fall!

The second little beekeeper said he was going to use Apistan again as
fluvalinate had never let him down before.

The third little beekeeper warned the other two he had fluvalinate resistant
bees and used coumaphous.

The third little beekeeper called the first little beekeeper and his crop is
terrible and mites are bad.

The third little beekeeper talked to the second little beekeeper and his
honey crop is "pitiful" and he is pulling supers as hives are mite infested.

The third little beekeeper reports a better than last year crop even with
weather conditions and still has honey supers on bringing in premium
wildflower honey as mite loads are very low. Only problem is third little
beekeepers bees are robbing first and seconds bees and getting varroa
infestation through robbing.

sincerely,
Third little beekeeper

the moral of the story is it makes the third little beekeeper sad to see his
 beekeeping friends having problems. All of us (myself included) have been
the first and second little beekeeper. Every beekeeper needs to be informed
of the fast changing world of beekeeping and try to help our fellow
beekeepers by sharing our knowledge.

The first and second little beekeepers agreed to the above as long as names
withheld.