Just a note to pass along an interesting experience.  My bee inspector
was visiting to check my bees for the mites from hell.  He took the
sample for tracheal mites, put in the apistan strips, and at the
bottom of the hive, he placed a sticky board.  This is the same
procedure as all other years.  This year however, after only a few
days in the hive, the sticky board was all but gone (chewed up and
formed into spit ball a grade 7 could be proud of--tiny and uniform).
From what was left the inspector decided I was might free in that hive.
I've seen this behaviour with newspaper, but not with the boards, so
I thougt I'd pass it along.  Busy beeing, Jane P.