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Re: This can't be good
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2017, 10:01:21 am »
I've heard about, but not much information is coming out yet.
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Re: This can't be good
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2017, 11:04:45 am »
I wonder if OAV or MAQS will work on these guys?

I hope we don't have to find out ...
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Re: This can't be good
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2017, 03:14:48 pm »
Can't give you a link just yet, (maybe I'll be able to find it) but I recall seeing and reading material on this particular mite---it was being recommended as a parasite of varroa mites and was being tested to help control them.  As I recall, it was supposed to be harmless to honeybees.

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Re: This can't be good
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2017, 03:27:18 pm »
Looks like I spoke up too soon----Just did some  Googling and only found negative references.  Perhaps the mite I'm thinking of was of a different species. 
Anybody else remember the referemces to a mite as a potential natural controlling agent of Varroa?

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Re: This can't be good
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2017, 05:17:52 pm »
Good work WM.  You found it.  Thanks.

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