>Pulling bees apart to detect TM is laborious and although it was de 
rigeur before varroa, I don't know if anyone does it anymore. 
Nonetheless, TM is still here and still doing the same harm it always 
did -  AFAIK, but is masked by other concerns.


I sent bees from deadouts in each yard [4] this spring. Beltsville said no TM. I do not treat for them, use oxalic vapor for mites and my own examinations under a microscope have never detected one. I do use VSH type queens in all my hives. I believe that may be the reason I don't see them.

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