Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:This summer the NY State Inspectors have taken many adult bee samples. I can't tell you what the numbers look like, but Paul Cappy may discuss this at the Empire State Meeting in Syracuse. I can tell you that some beekeepers tested zero for nosema and zero for tracheal mite, so not everybody has it. 
When my bee yard was tested for tracheal mites two summers ago (a university run test), my entire yard tested 0 for the presence of tracheal mites.  Had all the other junk, but no tracheal mites.  And, I had done no treating for mites of any kind, or for SHB.  I have no explanation for why mites were not present.  

Mike - in southwest Alabama

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