> My point was that a heavy mite infestation, thousands of mites reproducing > within an untreated colony can, in and of itself bring about collapse. If > you add vectored disease it only gets worse. You disagree? > We all agree but you treated even then. Then the bees could sustain high mite loads before virus/pathogens were introduced. But the game changed. Now even two treatments may not enough. Bill Truesdell Bath, Maine *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html