At 04:03 03-09-19, you wrote:
>  "Normand Choinière" " As far as I know (and as it seems to be in
> > my case) FGMO works progressively and it surely takes months to reach its
> > maximum efficiency level. I would also doubt that it would reduce to zero
> > the number of varroas."
>
>Just for information could anyone describe how combs
>and bees look that are fogged with oil weekly for months at a time?
>A worker presumably gets oiled up 3 times while a house bee, and maybe or
>maybe not again when a forager - all larvae will get oil inside their cells
>(and mixed with their larval food) before being sealed (is this the bit that
>kills varooa - or kills the larvae as theit digestions are geared to watery
>nectar not oil? ) - but the queen will get oiled say 100 times in her
>lifetime.  Does she enjoy it - or turn into a grease ball?

You are dreaming! ;-))) This is absolutely NOT what is happening. There is
no visible trace of oil, combs are exactly normal, nothing is oily, it
doesn't smell oil, there is no visible oil in the honey also. You have to
understand that this is not an oil bath! Don't forget that FGMO means food
grade mineral oil. This is what you are eating yourself... as an ingredient
of commercial foods! You are not eating dark  grease as far as I know!
;-)))) Oil is fogged into particles of 15 microns. This is the size that is
efficient on mites and has no effects on bees. Take a few minutes and read
on FGMO. You are building up a story as you see it!

Normand Choinière

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