> Reports have been coming in of beekeepers fogging sheep dip into the hive
> using your method. What would your opinion be of fogging fluvalinate into
> the hive? Am I being unrealistic to be shocked by the method?

Well, actually, we can't really blame this on Dr. Pedro.

California beekeepers experimented with oil fog (and anything else you can
imagine, and more) for tracheal mites, long before Dr. Rodriguez ever
decided to try a fogger.  It was actually because I had heard of the
attempts in California that I suggested he try a Burgess fogger when the
paper strips he was using initially did not work out as well as hoped.

For that matter, in eastern Europe, beekeepers were fogging fluvalinate into
hives for varroa control before we even knew much about varroa.  When varroa
was first hitting here in North America, the Quebec beekeepers had a link,
on their own website, to an European site which described the process,
complete with pictures, but decided to remove it after some debate as to the
wisdom of the process.

allen
Still in Tucson

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