On 17-Dec-12, at 7:24 PM, Peter L Borst wrote: > Regarding Amitraz, I realize many of us are experiencing chemical > fatigue. Not another chemical! But really, in the big picture, > amitraz is pretty benign. Certainly compared to Coumaphos > Hi Pete and all I appreciate your post Pete as I used Apivar(Amitraz) this autumn. I last used Apistan in the late '90s and never used Checkmite, so that this is the first time I have used chemical strips in over a decade. My mite levels were high in late July, at the end of our honey flow, so I stripped my hives and treated with formic mitewipes. I rechecked mite levels in September and found high mite levels again. I have depended on formic and oxalic acid and was disappointed to have to use a chemical albeit benign. Bob Darrell Caledon Ontario Canada 44N80W *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm