>
> > Properly applied
> there should be no brood removal *but* I prefer to see some slight brood
> damage because private research has shown when the dose is correct for
> maximum varroa control with thymol & formic some brood damage takes place.
>

Ditto here Bob.

>
> >I only use oxalic when the bees are broodless so I see no reduction in the

amount of sealed brood. I see only normal queen loss over the winter. I see
> the above about queen loss a hypothesis which can not be proved or
> disproved.
>

Ditto.

>
> >Beekeepers searching for the primary source of pesticides contaminating
>> bee hives need only to look in a mirror.
>
> >I really tire of hearing the above! Just because these researchers can not
> come up with a exact cause for CCD ( and instead a long list of hypothesis)
> and a method for solving the problem they always point the finger at comb
> on
> which they find coumaphos & fluvalinate. I assure you they will not find
> these two chemicals in my comb nor many of my friends!
>

Also none in my combs, but there is very clear research supporting that
miticide residues cause brood mortality, slow development, depressed immune
response, and other sublethal effects.

>The effort to remove apistan & checkmite from the market ( beekeepers not
> researchers) has failed mainly because research done by Bayer and ZOE con
> say their products do not build in wax to a high enough level to kill or
> harm bees!
>

Bob, you were doing really well before drifting back into the Twilight Zone
 : )

Randy

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