> On our first attempt in using MAVRIK we were alarmed because > about a week-ten days after applying the drug we noticed several > dead bees right on the entrance. They seemed to be young bees > that were somehow deformed (wings were not of the right shape). Is the hive heavily infected with varroa? If so, you could just be seeing one of the symptoms - deformed bees. -- Malcolm Roe Phone : +44 442 230000 ext 4104 Crosfield Electronics Ltd Fax : +44 442 232301 Hemel Hempstead, Herts. HP2 7RH, UK E-mail : [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------