> > Dick Allen (not Allen Dick) said:
> > I linked to a site in
> > the UK that sells a product containing it. The research
> > paper emailed back looked promising. However, the study
> > was done in 1993. I've never seen that particular
> > treatment available in any bee supply catalog.

> Dave Cushman wrote:
> I have been conducting some testing of copper gluconate for several
> years...I was not aware anyone else was trying it. could you send me the
> contact details privately?...

sci.agriculture.beekeeping covered this fairly well in a thread called 'Fwd: -
Varroa Treatments' extending from Sept 29 to Oct 7, 2000.

Try this link to the thread (the direct link is too long to post here).
http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/Formic/copper.htm or visit the sci.ag.bee
archives at http://www.ibiblio.org/bees

allen