Hello Everyone,
 
 We are looking for bees for an SEM segment in a film we are just
 finishing.  We were originally using honey-bees with Varroa mites on
 them (the point of the shot was to show a relationship between one
 creature and another).  For various technical reasons, and the fact
that
 we found the destructive element of Varroa to deter from our point, we
 are not using these.  This leaves us in quite a predicament, because we
 still have the same deadline and no specimens!
 We looked at Acarapis, but they were also not suitable.
 Can anyone suggest a species that we can use that would look similar to
 the honey bee, but have phoretic mites that were not destructive.  They
 do not have to be native to Canada or the US.  We do need to get a hold
 of samples (bees with mites attached) as soon as possible.  We are
happy
 to pay for the samples, or make a donation to a research fund or
 university if direct payment is awkward.
 You can contact me directly at the e-mail address below.
 Thanks very much.
 
 Steve.
 
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Steve Duncan
Mitey Cinema
Imax Corporation
45 Charles Street East,  7th Fl.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada,  M4Y 1S2
416-960-4408,   416-920-6980 (fax),   [log in to unmask]
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