david yates wrote:
 
>  Can anyone describe to me, or point me to a URL perhaps,
> that explains how to dissect a bee and look for trachael mites?
>
 
No, but Florida (maybe FL Dept. of Agr.) put out a hekkava good video that I used
when learning to find them under the 'scope, and it helped later when training
others - can't give you a reference, but there should at least one Gator or whatever
on this list.
--  John
-----------------------------------------------------------
John F. Edwards
Biological Lab. Technician
"Feral Bee Tracker and AHB Identifier"
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
2000 E. Allen Road
Tucson, Arizona 85719
 
Office: 520-670-6380, ext.110
Fax:    520-670-6493
 
Geog. location:
32.27495 N
110.9402 W
 
Lab webpages:
http://198.22.133.109/
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/home/edwards/index.html
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/home/edwards/jephotos.htm