>>Does anyone on the list know of the use of oxylic acid in the treatment
>>of veroa,  I believe someone in Italy is doing research into this.
>>Is there a useful url for this topic?

>...Oxalic acid - it is used as a solution together with sugar in water and
>dropped on the bees in the hive. You have to be sure that there are no
>brood combs (in autumn) because the varroa cannot be killed in the brood
>combs...

This was posted some time back, and I've been searching all over the net
for any information.  Can't find any.

I heard that some Canadian researchers had done something on this recently,
and I was told by one very knowledgeable fellow that it is a very effective
and inexpensive treatment.

Is anyone on the list able to supply more details, and maybe an URL?

We have finally stated to use formic for treatment this fall, and I'm a bit
surprised to find that it is easier and faster to use than Apistan(R).
Additionally, it is much cheaper.  I'm now curious about oxalic...


allen