6 apiaries, Italian vs. Russian colonies, sun vs. shade, stocks separate or "comingled". "Mite bomb" possibilites in some of the apiaries are described. See Fig. 1 and 2. Note that both Russian and Italian colonies did show increases in mite numbers even when the stocks were in separate apiaries. https://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/64133000/PDFFiles/401-500/417-Rinderer--The%20Effects%20of%20Co-mingled.pdf *********************************************** 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