Hello Rick and All,

On 31 Mar 2002, at 20:35, Rick Green wrote:

I reversed and medicated 60 hives on Saturday and Sunday. Sixty of 60 hives
survived and were in excellent strength. Best I have seen in at least 10
years. I medicated last fall with Checkmite.

Hives in our area are looking the same. Kind of scary. Checkmite
resistance is coming but we have not seen any signs yet.

Information for the new beekeeper:
If you live in a area which has been getting warm spells and then
several days of bitter cold you will find as we have many frames of
brood with eggs, ready to emerge brood and also larva.

 Very common with the weather we have been having in the
Midwest this time of year and easily explained. The queen simply
stops laying for  a few days at a time, lays eggs for a few days and
then stops  again.

Had a undocumented call about small hive beetle about 35 miles
north of Kansas City. All his hives were started last year from
packages bought from a known SHb area.


Sincerely,
Bob Harrison