Hello Keith and All,
Keith wrote:
> Dee, maybe you should sit down and count your mites for Peter's sake. Is
there really a biological way to accuratly count mites with out a pesticide?

Many  bee books , bee magazines ,the USDA and  this list have written about
testing for varroa by 24 hour natural mite fall. What more biological way to
test?  Even Peta members would approve.

Although some researchers do not consider natural mite fall the best method
of testing it sure beats the eyes in my opinion when dealing with large
numbers of hives .

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison