>DFS>        When I mentioned the grease patty idea to my wife, she wasn't
>   >suprised by it. As a kid, she raised rabbits and they used to smear
>   >Vaseiline in the rabbits ears to kill the mites. One wonders why FGMO
>   >works over the Crisco patties other than the FGMO might be smaller in size
>   >thana huge glob of vegetable oil and better suited to get into the mites?
>
>I also reared rabbits commercially when I was a young man and I
>purchased rabbits for slaughter from my neighbors for 50 miles around.
>
>I got to see real bad cases of ear mites in rabbits. At the time there
>were vet preparations that you could buy at considerable costs to
>control the mites. They worked according to the directions and
>promotions that came with the small bottle of magic potion.
>
>But then came along some smart "beekeeper" like rabbit raiser and he
>choose to ignore the best vet advice and would not spend another
>nickel on his rabbits that were eating him out of house and home anyway.
>He told everyone how he used old motor oil to kill the mites the same as
>he used on his chickens who also got leg mites.
>
>I had used old motor oil to control the mites on chicken legs with no
>problems, but chose to use 3in1 Oil for my rabbits. Both worked and soon
>mite problems became the exception and not the rule for my rabbits.
>
>                               ttul Andy
 
Andy,
Are you suggesting 3in on or used motor oil in bee hives? ;-)
Ed