Hi Bob & All,

> I said:
> > The reason they switched to bringing in the Russian strain and exploring
> SMR.
>
> Keith said:
> But they used dopes in addition where Mr. Yoon has not for many years now.
>
> The USDA bee lab in Baton Rouge has not used chemicals to treat the
Russian
> bees as told to us by Tom R.. Information on both projects is at their web
> site.
>

I was speaking of the bees they used prior to the Russian and SMR strains.

> You could be the next to post problems. Will you admit like Yoon & I
> have to varroa problems in a national forum?
>

Yes.

On the other hand when I post of my successes, like I did this spring, it
will be because of small cell beekeeping methods I now use. You tried to
attribute my successes to something else this spring and my reply to your
reply never was approved to the list so nobody got to read what my truth
was. So just to set it straight, if I am totally successful, it will be
because I do things different than is normally done and small cell methods
are one of those things. I have lots more than just varroa to over come up
here in Alaska to be a true steward of the bees I keep. As anecdotal as it
may be if I am successful that is all that really matters to me.
   . ..
c(((([
Keith Malone
Chugiak, Alaska USA
Caucasian Bee Keeper
http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney

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