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<Mineral oil in use [for mite treatment] since the late 60's???>
I don't think so, at least for the USA.
We didn't have either mite, T-mite or V-mite, then?
Hasta luego.
juan
On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Elias Gonzalez San juan wrote:
> Hi all.
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> Bruce King wrote:
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> >> By the way, I did a quick literature search using Chem. Abstracts the other
> >> night. Turns out that mineral oil has been used since the late 1960's for
> >> generic mite treatment. I would suggest that we give proper credit to the
> >> true 'fathers' of MO treatment, the ones who used it as a carrying agent
> >> for the really potent pesticides and found that MO alone had an effect on
> >> the mites.
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> It is a very interesting matter. Where I can found this information?
> Can you send to Bee-L or private e-mail to me a relation of names,
> dates, articles and publications about the use of MO in 60īs decade?.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Elias Gonzalez.
> La Palma.
> Canary Islands.
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