Anyone using pseudoscorpions to control varroa mites and small hive beetles?
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This is SO cool! I just checked out his webpage, and in Germany anyway, the book scorpion is rare and endangered. We’ll have to do a bit of our own research.
I wonder if @Michael_Bush or Hillary Kearney has any information on this research? They are my “go-to” folks for natural beekeeping methods.
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I found intertidal pseudoscorpions here.
http://shop.bugsincyberspace.com/Intertidal-Pseudoscorpions-bic902.htm
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I did a little digging too:
https://phrynus.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/honey-bees-and-pseudoscorpions-best-of-frenemies/
http://daum-farber.net/blog/2014/05/18/bookscorpion/
I will see if I can locate a copy of this bee Journal 
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Still trying to get into Sci-hub to read Donovan’s papers, but meanwhile:
you can read the first page at least 
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Warrick R Nelson via ResearchGate emailed me the “Culturing chelifers (Pseudoscorpions) that consume Varroa mites” article, but I haven’t figured out how to share. It was a nice 7 page read. I contacted bugsincyberspace.com, but not able to obtain the intertidal pseudoscorpions because they’ve been out of stock for a few years. They said lots of beekeepers have been asking about them. Their website said collected at low tides on the Pacific NW beaches.
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Thanks for the link; I’ve requested the article too.
Hello Gemini @geegeesbees,
I’ve been doing a bit of sleuthing, and have found a few sources that maybe are new to you too:
there is also a Facebook page:
Interesting stuff!
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Tracey,
Awesome detective work. I am now following Chelifer on FB.
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Wow so interesting 
I wonder if anyone is breeding them in USA etc… good business idea for someone.
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Hello all,
Check this out, photos of swarming bees in South Africa corralling pseudoscorpions to take them along to their new home! 
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Nice so interesting