If a grease patty works against tracheal mites by greasing or oiling
a bee's body, has anyone tried spraying cooking & baking oil (PAM is one
trade name) (a soybean product that does not evaporate even at cooking
and baking temperatures) onto the cluster of bees or onto hive parts?
 
Tim Sterrett
Westtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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