I am talking about the first strip that came out. It's entirely possible
that it wasn't Apistan. Guess I better have my ducks in a row before I start
spouting off about the chemical giants that monopolize our mite treatment.

I'll give you my best elaboration of the issue. In an experiment on
fluvalinate resistance, a lady donated some of the strips in question, that
she had saved from earlier years, to the study. These strips blew all other
variables,especially the "new" Apistan strips, out of the water concerning
mite kill. I'm sorry I can't remember the study to refer you to it.
Hopefully someone else on the list is familiar with it and can enlighten
both of us.

I'll definitely include bad beekeepers, though I'm not sure what you're
wanting me to include them in. I have to believe that misuse of fluvalinate
is responsible for the resistance we've encountered. I'll also include the
government for making it so hard to get alternative treatments labeled
during a crisis.