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
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