On 17-Dec-12, at 7:24 PM, Peter L Borst wrote:

> Regarding Amitraz, I realize many of us are experiencing chemical
> fatigue. Not another chemical! But really, in the big picture,
> amitraz is pretty benign. Certainly compared to Coumaphos
>

Hi Pete and all

I appreciate your post Pete as I used Apivar(Amitraz) this autumn.  I
last used Apistan in the late '90s and never used Checkmite, so that
this is the first time I have used chemical strips in over a decade.
My mite levels were high in late July, at the end of our honey flow,
so I stripped my hives and treated with formic mitewipes.  I
rechecked mite levels in September and found high mite levels again.
I have depended on formic and oxalic acid and was disappointed to
have to use a chemical albeit benign.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W


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