Talk:Varroa destructor

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Contents 1 Varrioatosis 1.1 'Until recently' 1.2 'Sticky board' 1.3 'coumophose is VX'

[edit] Varrioatosis

I think we should separate the topic Varrioatosis into its own article...I am not an expert on this subject, but it appears that other species of Varroa cause varrioatosis in other species of honeybee...it is not limited to varroa destructor infesting apis mellifera and thus should not simply be a topic in this article --Erudy 16:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Standard foundation is 5.4mm so 4.9mm is .5mm smaller. Michael Bush 19:38, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Some of the methods under behavioral should be moved to mechanical. In fact most of them should. Scot.mcpherson 14:39, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'Until recently'

Can I suggest to re-phrase the sentence where 'until recently' was used? This in order to make sure that the sentence is still correct if read when 'until recently' is not that recently anymore ;) (i.e: change 'until recently' to 'until late May 2007' or something... Stephanvaningen 19:26, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'Sticky board'

I'm a new beekeeper, so I'm hesitant to edit the article, but it states, "Screened bottom board with sticky board. It separates mites that fall through the screen and the sticky board prevents them from crawling back up." It's my understanding that the mites cannot crawl back up to re-enter the hive, that it's called a sticky board because making it sticky prevents the mites from getting dislodged during removal or transport and it only needs to be sticky when doing a mite count. Nonukes 02:00, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Be Bold! But find a source for your statement.--Blue Tie 16:34, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'coumophose is VX'

Aside from both being organophosphates, there is no connection that I could discern. Coumaphos (note spelling) is "moderately toxic by inhalation and dermal absorption" (http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/coumapho.htm). Please feel free to undo my edit if you can show otherwise. 75.26.166.70 (talk) 02:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)