I recommend Meiji Microscopes - I have the SKT, which has 2X
and 4X objectives, and 15X and 20X eyepieces. Cost
was around $450 from Nurnberg Scientific in Portland, OR.
 
On Sun, 9 Jul 1995, Allen Dick wrote:
 
> Today I had - for the first time - the experience of gazing through a good
> (Zeiss) dissecting microscope aimed at the tracheae of a bee with acarine.
>
> An amazing and in some ways a very beautiful sight.
>
> Inasmuch as I have been told that I have some mites by a dissecting
> service to which I sent a sample lAST FALL, I am going to have to sample
> SERIOUSLY this fall and decide whether to treat.
>
> Being the impatient and untrusting soul that I am, I will want to have
> the disection done on our premises.
>
> Therefore I am thinking I would like to obtain such a binocular
> microscope.
>
> I realise that I could probably use a cheap microscope - or even a strong
> glass or loupe - but I can see that an hour or so of such work would be
> torture, especially knowing that such a fine device exists.
>
> So, I wonder what recommendations the more experienced beekeepers or the
> scientists might offer in finding one at a good price.  I am not even
> adverse to obtaining a used one.  Cost is a strong consideration.
>
> Please anyone who can offer advice or a used dissecting microscope, email
> me.
>
> If there is anything of interest to the list, I will of course summarise
> to BEE-L.
>
> Allen
>
> W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                        VE6CFK
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