At 09:15 PM 6/26/96 -0500, you wrote:
 
>cells from other colonies. As someone else mentioned, last year this was
>common just before PMS symptoms began to appear. I think the scarcity of
>brood means more varroas per cell of brood as they compeat for
>reproductive opportunity.
>
        Hello All:
 
        I must confess that I am ignorant of what the acronymn 'PMS'
        means (with regards to HONEYBEES...for those of you who are
        snickering right now!). In this thread it is being used in the
        same breath as varroa. I do a drone comb inspection for mites
        each time I open one of my hives. No sign of varroa as yet using
        this method. What is 'PMS' and what should I be looking for?
Tim Peters, Kirby VT
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