On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, Andy Nachbaur wrote:
>
> Hello Douglas,
>
> This is good information, "it does work". You will see some comments
> from others that will fault you or try to lay some kind of guilt trip
> on you for using a product that is in dispute with government regulators
> or is not properly registered. Please do not take these comments for
> anymore then what they are worth which is someone's educated or
> regulatory opinion who has nothing to lose from your own personal loss
> of your bees because you did not use an all natural product, other then
> the time they spent in posting the standard regulatory disclaimer that
> this is a NO NO..!  I think that most of us know what is legal and what
 
        Hello Andy And Doug,
I think there is more to these comments than "standard regulatory
Disclaimer". I have personal experience with this product(M-solution)
having spent  many long hours last season trying different deliverys at
different times of year and counting mites on many a sticky board, not to
mention risking 36 colonies for the experiment. Although we did get some
positive results, we could not get consistant results. There are
apparently many factors to be considered and I felt I could no longer
afford to continue trying. Especially since the manufactureres lied about
registration and patent nos.
 
        There is responsibility attached to making a claim that a
product will control mites. After all if you are wrong someones hard
earned bees may die. Isn't that why testing is done? Isn't that what
science is?
 
        Doug- I'm glad you got good results. I did'nt think of putting it
in a grease patty-good idea. But be careful about making a recomendation
out of it. How many times did it work? What were your pretreatment mite
levels? Did the time of year of the treatment make a differance? Does a
honeyflow make a differance? You get the idea. Hope you continue your
experiments.