On Wed, 13 Aug 1997 14:32:11 -0700 Bill Deer <[log in to unmask]> writes: >A little red critter looking like a mobile red dot on the back of a >bee. >I tried to get a better look but it (the critter not bee) moved rather >quickly to the underside of the bee and I lost the bee in the >excitement... > >Bill Deer (newbee) You probably just saw your first Varroa mite, Bill Walter Weller Post Office Box 270 Wakefield, Louisiana 70784 <[log in to unmask]>