I notice in Tom Sanford's APIS newsletter, the followup comment re an incident in Italy, interpretted as Varroa resistant to Apistan. A few months ago, I asked a Sandoz (Zoecon) rep about this and was told they investigated and have concluded that the strips used in the incident were counterfeit Apistan (containing no fluvalinate), in a package with a counterfeit label. The different interpretations should be fairly easy to demonstrate. Does any one have further information? While we're talking Apistan, have any of you made conclusions regarding the effect of Apistan tabs on queens in queen cages? I've heard that the common practice of queen shippers is to reduce the exposure of queens, through cutting the tabs in half or making them less immediately accessible to the queen. Comments? Kerry Clark, Apiculture Specialist B.C. Ministry of Agriculture 1201 103 Ave Dawson Creek B.C. V1G 4J2 CANADA Tel (604) 784-2225 fax (604) 784-2299 INTERNET [log in to unmask]