"I would be most grateful for details of any records of an application for a license or licenses sought for trials or research on treatments for Varroa destructor which was earlier known as Varroa jacobsoni. This is a mite that infests honey bees Apis mellifera. The potential applicants would have been Teagasc, University of Limerick or Dr Mary Coffey and the potential products concerned would have been oxalic acid or as the product Api-Bioxal which has an A16 license and is distributed by Interchem, or thymol, or as the product Apiguard (VPA No. 10820/1/1) and formic acid, or as the product MAQS (VPA 10428/001/001) which can also be known as "Mite Away Quick Strips". Time frame 2007 up to responsibility passing to HPRA.