> Has anyone on the List tried the methyl palmitate-baited mite traps
> described by Ross Conrad in "Natural Beekeeping"?

Randy, can you give us more details on the traps.   Have a look at 
http://www.springerlink.com/content/g8078268v5287426/  You may already be 
aware of this.  Any comments?

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA 

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