I do feel compelled to answer to this inquiry simply because it needs to be said that there are methods to control Varroa without chemicals. That they are not very practical for a large commercial beekeeper does not mean there aren't any. The Dutch research Institute Ambrosiushoeve for example refined a very effective management procedure. There are others, but here is their Internet address of the article that describes in detail the procedures: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jtemp/dronemethod.html With best regards Rainer Krell ---------- >From: null >To: Bestofbee >Subject: Apistan and organic gardening >Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 4:09AM > >Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 04:09:05 -0600 >From: Excerpts from BEE-L <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Apistan and organic gardening >To: [log in to unmask] >Reply-to: BEE-L <[log in to unmask]> >MIME-version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >Priority: normal >X-ListMember: [log in to unmask] [[log in to unmask]] >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --- >From: James C Bach <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] > >The question to ask is whether you will have colonies for pollination without >the use of miticides.