REGARDING           RE>MAVERICK
 
John Iannuzzi wrote:
<Friends, "Maverick" is a fluvalinate-based chemical used for treating
ticks and fleas on animals. It is far sight cheaper than Apistan strips
($18.95/10) used for treating Varroa mite.  Does anybody know the rate of
application per hive and how applied?>
 
The answer lies in the original premise, "...used for treating ticks and fleas
on animals."  Mites are not ticks nor fleas, nor are bees your usual
-barnyard- animals.   Therefore, there is no rate of application, nor is the
formulation to be applied to beehives at all.  As has already been suggested,
to do otherwise is to look for trouble, when we have trouble enough as it is.
 
Ted Fischer