In a message dated 8/18/99 10:05:48 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > the former USSR are apparently returning to this heat > > treatment method after years of treating for Varroa chemically. > > I wonder why? ...And I wonder about the miracle bees imported from Russia > to > the USA if the people in the country of origin are having to treat. > The former USSR is a big place (Russia being just one of the countries) and isn't it a bit much to assume that the new super bees are already widely distributed throughout the region and Varroa eliminated? I doubt that any single approach to Varroa will be sufficient in the short term, be it genetic, chemical, heat, trapping or ??. I do have an open mind about possible alternative treatments. Cesar Flores