Hi all, been reading about different ways to treat the mites.My partner has been using Tea Tree and Wintergreen oils in canola oil applied to ordinary paper towel rite above the brood and we use blue shop papertowel taped to a strip of tile put at the entrance of the hive.It will be two years in May. We have noticed on the towels alot of dead mites, we also have seen evidence of mites in the brood section, but not on the bees themselves. We also have tried garlic oil it kills the mites too. We work both with Italian and African hybrids,with same results. This spring we''re going to use smaller comb size(4.9cm.) it has been tested for the control of the mites here in Tucson, Az.. IMHO I believe we should get ahead of the this year. Well at least we have a fighting chance at them. May the Good Lord Bless and Multiply you Bees BoB _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]