On Thu, 14 Nov 1996 18:23:18 -0600 "Michael L. Wallace"
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>Hi, All,
>
>I have been out of pocket for quite some time and was shocked at how
>many
>e-mail messages I had, when I finally retrieved them (543!  Yikes!).
 
Mike,
 
  I think you can "turn off" message delivery without unsubscribing, or
you can go to a "digest" format (one big message per day) with a "Set
Bee-L digest" message to the ListServ address.
 
>
>On November 7-9, the Texas Beekeeping Association had their annual
>convention, this year in Houston.  On Friday, Dr. Frank Eischen, of
>the USDA in Weslaco, Texas, delivered a talk on "Natural Chemicals for
the
>Control of Varroa".  Much of what he shared was news that we have
discussed here
>on the Bee-L.
>...
> They have been experimenting with the use of various plant materials in
the smoker.
>I can't remember how many different plants they have tried, but some
that they
>were most interested in were citrus, Melaleuca, Tansy, Cedar, and I
can't
>remember the rest of the list. There were about three other items on the
list.
>...
>Some of these materials, that were tried, achieved between 80% - 90%
>knockdown of the mite.  One important factor that they took into
>account was the smoke's effect on the bees...
>
>The data that I saw looked pretty promising.  I
>hope to see more forthcoming, on this subject, from Dr. Eischen.
>
>If anyone wants more detailed information about this, I'll see what I
>can do about getting it.
>
   Yes, it sounds like the mite situation is finally getting to the point
where people are really doing research into answers.  It sounds so much
more refreshing than to just hear people complaining about the cost of
Apistan.
 
   Keep us informed!
 
 
Gerry and the other Visels at
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