Isis Glass wrote:
> If grease patties, essential oils, screens, etc, would have
> worked as well as insecticides, they would have been widely adopted
> instead
> of chems.
Not convinced that is true either - most beekeepers wanted a simple fix,
like strips, that was simple to administer (in their view) and reduced
workload.  Varroa can be contolled perfectly well with essential oils as
many of us have proved.

> Look into the history:
>
> "Varroa mite [was] found in Indonesia (Oudemans 1904)...

But which mite, V.j. or V.d.?  As far as A.m. is concerned V.j. now seems to
be of little interest.

Peter Edwards
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