Hi Paul,
 
Looks like not too many want to answer your
query.  I think they may refrain because they get
too much flack.  This is an  unsubstantiated
treatment.  I lost so many bees the past years
that I was willing to try something and what Dr.
Rodriquez was saying sounded good.
 
I have used nothing but FGMO since last Spring.
I started with 15 hives and lost one so far and I
don't think it was from mites.  We had a very
unusual winter here in MD, USA, so it is pretty
hard to put too much stock in just one year and
just me with no scientific evidence and control
hives and nothing but the seat of my pants.  I am
only a hobbiest and can do what I want with my
time and energy.
 
The hives that made it through the winter all
looked good except one.  That is more then I have
been able to say for the past several years.
 
Now I thought I was going to get a honey crop
this year because the bees looked so good.  We
just finished 13 rainy days in a row.  It stayed
cloudy and cool  and rained off and on for 13
days!  The bees hardly flew in my neck of the
woods.  Just can't win for losing.
 
FGMO?------ Just keep watching this list.  There
are others who are trying the FGMO too and they
will let us know.  And maybe somebody will do a
good scientific study on it.  One thing I can say
is that as far as the Mites themselves go,  there
is no resistance to FGMO.  No more than you have
resistance to a Mack Truck (big American truck).
What other problems may arise from the use of
FGMO, I do not know.
 
I'll be back when I have more info.
 
billy bee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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> From: paul s leroy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: trachael mite treatment
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 11:49 PM
>
> Would some of the people on the list who have
been using FGMO please
> talk about the effect of FGMO on trachael
mites?  Maybe it has been posted
> recently but Iif so I missed it.  Thanks, Paul
LeRoy in S.C. USA.