In a message dated 96-02-23 15:14:33 EST, you write:
>What are the PMS symptoms?
Parasitic Mite Syndrome
A lot of dead brood, which superficially resembles American Foulbrood.
The dead brood cannot be "roped" as foulbrood, however, and it has only the
smell of dead brood, not the "knock-em-down" odor of foulbrood.
Uncapping brood cells will usually uncover many varroa mites that dies with
the host.
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