"Normand Choinière" " As far as I know (and as it seems to be in
> my case) FGMO works progressively and it surely takes months to reach its
> maximum efficiency level. I would also doubt that it would reduce to zero
> the number of varroas."

Just for information (I have absolutely no intention of ever oilingg up the
inside of my hives, even as an experiment) could anyone describe how combs
and bees look that are fogged with oil weekly for months at a time?
A worker presumably gets oiled up 3 times while a house bee, and maybe or
maybe not again when a forager - all larvae will get oil inside their cells
(and mixed with their larval food) before being sealed (is this the bit that
kills varooa - or kills the larvae as theit digestions are geared to watery
nectar not oil? ) - but the queen will get oiled say 100 times in her
lifetime.  Does she enjoy it - or turn into a grease ball?

Robin Dartington

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