> Have you attempted to use an examination of the drone brood removed with measured varroa levels in the hives? No. I always use an ether roll or the Medhat windshield wiper wash. The drone brood goes in the burn barrel Pete *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm