On Tuesday, November 23, Allen Dick wrote: ... > Then the question is whether Apistan is working, and how well. There are > a number of ways, and the simplest is likely to just get some Apistan(r) > and insert it for a day or two and track the mite drop numbers. Then > remove it and try an alternate method... CheckMite, is available and > effective and not closely related to Apistan, so it would be a logical > choice.... Continuing my crusade against this never gas derivative I feel compelled to share a recommendation from Cornell University, which is to do a post-Apistantreatment ether roll to see if mites are still present. Only if the ether roll is positive should resort to coumophos. Aaron Morris - thinking there's nasty stuff brewing!