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From: "allen dick" <[log in to unmask]>
> When I was in Baton Rouge, John was using a neat gizmo -- some kind of
> magnifying video camera -- that could be aimed at a comb and which would
> then put a colour image image onto a computer or monitor.

Overkill?  Bees can be checked for acarine mites in the field quite easily -
just remove the head using your thumbnail behind the front legs.  A 10x hand
lens is then adequate to check the trachaea, although in my case I have such
poor eyesight that I can focus easily at 5-6" without glasses and have no
need of the lens.  There had to be some advantage to being short-sighted!

Peter Edwards
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