A few more words on FGMO. I checked 4 more of my hives yesterday. (Southern Maryland , USA) If you remember from a previous post I used Apistan in the early Spring and then just FGMO. Only lost one hive and I think I know why. It was raining today, so I did not look in the last 4 hives. (have 3 out yards) So it has been almost one year of using nothing else but FGMO and I have more bees then I have seen in 7 or 8 years. Now, I realize that this year has been different than most years in the past. There was also a question about using control hives. Since I have tried almost everything that has been suggested and still lost too many colonies, I figuired that Dr. Rodriguez did all the leg work and it was there for me to try. From the talk I hear at bee meetings, seems like many of my beekeeeping friends are doing well this year with most using Apistan and grease patties. None are using FGMO. If I can continue to use the FGMO and find that things are going one way or the other I post a short note to the effect. Soooo Far....... You can't argue with success! billy bee