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Re: Bee Mites
Sean:
West Virginia University has a great web site which gives the recipe and
research results of using essential oils, spearmint and wintergreen oils,
for varoa mite control in bees. The web address is
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/varroa.htm
Best of luck with dealing with the problem.
>I have an organic grower that is looking for a recipe for contolling bee
>mites with petroleum jelly and spearmint oil. I know I have seen
>information on this before, and am hoping that someone out there may have a
>contact that may be of some help.
Carol A. Miles, Ph.D.
Washington State University
Extension Agricultural Systems
360 NW North Street
Chehalis, WA 98532
PHONE 360-740-1295 FAX 360-740-2792
milesc@wsu.edu
URL http://www.localaccess.com/wsulc/agsyst.htm