In a message dated 97-12-21 02:05:35 EST, [log in to unmask] (Peter Amschel)
writes:
 
<<The bees can't get rid of the mites because the bees are all
artificially separated off from one another in millions of Langstroth
frames. The space between the frames does not allow enough room for
the bees to work together and interact shoulder to shoulder en masse
throughout the hive.>>   (snip)
 
<< Just as fleas would proliferate on monkeys if the
 monkeys were artificially separated from one another so that when
 they want to visit and interact with one another they  have to burrow
 through an artificial wall or go all the way down and around one or
 more maze-like artificial walls the mites are getting the upper hand >>
 
 
   Ummm,  Peter,
 you haven't looked at the comb in MY hives lately, have you?
 
[log in to unmask]     Dave Green  Hemingway, SC  USA
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