John Tout wrote:
 
> Work in Germany suggests that the use of Thymol can also be effective
> against Varroa.  The suggestion has been made that the fumes disrupt the
> females breeding behaviour but I don't know if this has been confirmed.
 
I'm guessing from the smell that one of the essential oils that we are using
in some of our hives this fall as part of a study for Jennifer Finley and
Dianna Sammataro (@ Penn State) is thymol.  I hadn't asked which oils we got
because I didn't want to have any pre-concieved notions about which (if any)
might work against the evil vampire mites.  Perhaps someone else on the list
is participating in the study also and knows whether thymol is one of the
oils being tested? Will let you all know when we get our results... and will
ask Jennifer or Diana to post a short summary of the whole study when/if
they can.
 
Kathy