To: All members of the honey bee community From: Larry Connor, Wicwas press Re: The Mites of the Honey Bee Many of you are aware of our efforts to collect, edit and publish a book on The Mites of the Honey Bee. This project grew out of the American Bee Research Conference in the fall of 1994. The project has bounced between coeditors, and it is now my responsibility to complete the editing and publish the book. The book contains two sections, an invited textbook section, and a manuscript section. In the invited section, there are 18 chapters (as of this time) dealing heavily on Acarapis woodi and Varroa jacobsoni, their life history, impact on honey bees, and control methods. Sampling methods, resistance and non chemical controls are included. Most of the chapters are completed and are in the editing process. I urge all authors who have outstanding chapters to submit their ms ASAP. In the peer-reviewed manuscript section, we currently have 6 manuscripts under submission. Before we close off the book we invite researchers to submit new materials and/or update earlier submissions. If you have research on any mite of the honey bee, please email me to check on the possibility of publication. Peer-reviewed manuscripts will be charged a modest page charge to help offset the cost of publication, but no manuscript will be rejected based on the ability to pay page charges. It is the intention of the coeditors to produce the book so that it is a reasonably priced publication, one which may be purchased and read by a large number of beekeepers, as well as researchers. The American Association of Professional Apiculturists has voted to subsidize the book through a publication grant of $1,000. The coeditors continue to seek additional financial support to reduce the cost of publication, and thus, the cost of the book. If you desire any further information, have a posible manuscript for submission, wish to have your name placed on the list for notification when published, please contact me at [log in to unmask] Thank you, on behalf of the other coeditors: William T. Wilson, John Harbo and Frank Eischen. Larry Connor, Editor/Publisher, Wicwas Press, P.O. Box 817, Cheshire, CT 06410-0817, USA Phone and Fax 203-250-7575