This from:  Stefan Stangaciu, MD, LAcup.
       Constanta, Romania
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...Some of you asked me for references on alternative
therapies against varroa. Below you will find only a few of
them.
 
If you will be willing to really study these new methods you
will find them! If you will stay ONLY with "Apistan & Co"
you will probably lose...
 
Here are ONLY FEW references. I hope the French titles will
not be a big problem for you to translate. Use "Altavista"
IF necessary.
 
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- Prof. Scott Daniels, Acadia University 11/97 : Travaux sur
l'utilisation d'un ivaporateur d'acide formique.
 
- Diffirents travaux prisentis ` l'ESA Annual Meeting 12/97
(Entomological Society of America), entre autres ceux de
Lindberg,
Melathopolos, Winston & Smith sur l'action miticide de
diffirentes
huiles organiques.
 
- Hans Ulrich Thomas (Zurich, CH) coll. Federal Bee Research
Lab
(Leibefeld)  :  Travaux sur les mithodes de contrtle
organique de
Varroa.
 
- Dr Frank A. Eischen, entomologiste USDA Agricultural
Research
Service (Weslasco) qui a testi l'action sur Varroa de la
fumie de
40 plantes diffirentes, avec des risultats extrjmement
efficaces pour certaines d'entre elles.  Publii dans
Agricultural
Research Magazine ao{t 97 sous le titre "Smoking out bee
mites".
 
- Wescott & Winston  :  Sublethal effect of acaricides,
menthol and
formic acid, on honey bee development and honey production.
 
- Harbo John  :  Destruction du Varroa par la chaleur,
Agricultural
Research Service, report number 70080 approved 01/05/96.
 
- Feldlaufer, Kochansky & Shimanuk : The use of sterol
inhibitor to
control the greater moth galleria mellonella. Agricultural
Research
Service.
 
- Feldlaufer & Hartfelder, Agricultural Research Service
report 72488
approved 05/08/96.  Travaux sur l'usage des sterols sur
varroa.
 
- Dr Ingemar Fries, Bee Division of the Swedish University
of
Agriculture, Uppsala, Sweden  :
Use of organic acids against varroa
 
- Dr. Pedro Rodriguez ( [log in to unmask] ):
Research and findings on food grade mineral oil...
 
- Medhat E. Nasr, PhD.:  Development of a safe method for
applying formic acid to control bee mites in honey bees
colonies. Canadian Beekeeping, Spring 1995 (vol. 18, No 7).
 
- *** An alternative, Single Application Formic Acid Mite
Control Method: Bee Scene, vol. 13, # 2, March 1997.
 
- Alida Janmaat, Department of Biology, Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, BC: How Does Pollen Stress Affect a
Varroa Mite Infestation. Bee sCene, vol. 13, # 2, March
1997.
 
- Edward Southwick: Mite Resistance: Active Defense by Honey
Bees. Bee sCene, vol. 9, # 1, January 1993.
 
- James Amrine, Terry Stasny and Robert Skidmore, University
of West Virginia: Using Essential Oils for Varroa Control.
Bee Scene, vol. 13, # 1, 1997.