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IN 1927, Mr. R. W. Frow, of Wickenby, Lincolnshire, introduced the use of the remedy (since known by his name) as a cure for acarine disease. Mr. Frow informs one of us (A. D. B.) that he has no record of the origin of the formula, but believes that he read of it in a newspaper as a means of combating free-living acari.
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BETTS, A., MORLAND, D. Origin of the Frow Remedy for Acarine Disease of Honey Bees. Nature 145, 824 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145824b0
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