> Emne: Re: [BEE-L] Mentholated Blue shop towels for tracheal mites
>
>
>   With all the talk about using menthol, which never really worked that
> well here in the north...just try to get all your honey off the hives by
> mid-August...and not have them swarm on the Goldenrod flow...

If you are using formic acid for Varroa control then you are also fighting
the Tracheal mite!

Formic acid is of course an aggressive treatment, killing the Varroa because
of their thinner skeleton. Opposite to oxalic acid it also kills Varroa in
the capped cells.

Best regards
Jorn Johanesson

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