Dick Rogers mentioned.... "Maritime Canada winter loss reports as of April 12/07........ Small hive beetle range expanding. The beetle is nasty by itself, but desperation treatments may be contributing to toxic effects to bees and brood" Could Dick tell us in which provinces they are finding the small hive beetle? Peter (still shovelling snow) ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************