Varroa mites! Now what?

[WLC]

Here's the Crowder article I was looking for:

http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/repr...04_beehive.pdf

"Next he blew in
creosote smoke. On the vegetable
soaked paper, he
counted about 300 dead
mites. Almost crying tears of
joy, the Crowders recognized
they had a silver bullet to the
mite problem and that their
farm would survive. Since
this initial experiment, they
have used creosote bush on a
consistent basis to keep mites
at bay. They have also found
that juniper bark and leaves
when burned are an even
more effective solution on
mites."

[squarepeg]

'use of a smoker' , not a treatment under 'unique forum rules'. of course, the 'rules' don't specify what goes in the smoker.

something like this prior to the shakeout proposed above might be good though.