>Hello everybody!
>
>I'm a new entry in BEE-L and an Italian amateur beekeeper.
>
>Last year one beekeeper friend gave me a swarm, so I built a hive
>and placed it in my little garden.
>
>I need simple and practicle suggestions about Varroa mite damages, particularly
>about natural methods of its prevention.
>
>Sorry for possible English mistakes.
>
>I'm using the Bruzzi's Internet access. Please refer to GPaolo Vigone.
>
>Thanks.
>                                         Ciao.
 
   A book I have found particularly valuable for a picture of the overall
problem might be of interest to many beekeepers and bee researchers.  I
offer this information because this book is not published in the
mainstream.  It is as follows:
 
     Mobus, Bernhard and Clive de Bruyn.  1993.  THE NEW VARROA HANDBOOK.
[Published by] Northern Bee Books, Scout Bottom Farm, Mytholmroyd.  HX7
5JS, Great Britain.  I obtained my copy from:  WICWAS PRESS.  P.O. Box
817-S.  Cheshire, Connecticut.  06410-0817.  Phone:  (203) 250-7575.
 
Good luck.
                                        Adrian M. Wenner
 
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