bartlett wrote:
>
> Had the Maryland state bee inspector here today.  (southern maryland)
> We inspected bees at several locations.  We did ether rolls on some and
> drone brood check on others and both on some.  Apistan strips had been
> used on all of my hives early this spring.  NO VARROA MITES!!!!
 
In Michigan, unfortunately, there is no longer any funding to support
state bee inspections, so it's everyone for oneself now.  However, in
going through all my yards in seven different locations, I have yet to
see a varroa mite this spring!!  I basically pull out drone brood (the
easiest ones to get to are those exposed between brood chambers), and
in looking over hundreds of them I didn't see a mite.  Every spring
for some years now there have always been mites, usually at least one
per cell and often many more.  I haven't seen much on the list about
currnet mite populations until this post.  What are others seeing this
year?
 
Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA