Hi Mike,

I think your idea is a very good one.   I plan to do that but not this year.
There was another mite strip on the market for one year called "miticure".
It killed both mites.   Problem was, it also killed bees.   It was taken off
the market because of that.   I prefer to wait for others to experiment with
new drugs unless I have an immediate, well defined need.    As far  as I
know we have no small hive beetles in this area and the varroa is not immune
to apistan.    Therefore I am using apistan this year.

See ya next Thursday (Sep 9) at our next meeting,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Churchill <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: CheckMite - Mann Lake ad


> At 01:54 PM 9/2/99 -0500, Barry Birkey wrote:
> >Received a flyer from Mann Lake today called "Technical Update."  A 22" X
> >17", single fold, four color with some very LARGE copy basically selling
the
> >new CheckMite+++ISI pest control strip.
>
> <snipped hype about product>
>
> >"+ICI-Treating varroa mites with Fluvalinate strips showed actual varroa
> >population increase of 64%.
> >
> >"+ICI-Treating with Permethrin strips showed a 67% varroa mite reduction.
> >
> >"+ICI-Treating with Coumaphos strips showed a 92% varroa mite reduction.
> >
> >"+ICI-Treating with Formic Acid Gel packs showed a 26% varroa mite
reduction."
> >
> <more snipping>
>
> It seems to me that if several different approved, proven, and available
> treatments are out there, the best approach would be to develop a rotation
> scheme similar to those available for treating worms (fly larvae) in
> horses.  By alternating between 2 or more treatments, resistance
> development would be greatly delayed, since the pests would need to
develop
> resistance to both forms of treatment at once.  Otherwise, those mites
(and
> their descendents) that survive one type of treatment would likely be
wiped
> out by the second type.
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