Chris Slade writes: It is detectable only by dissection and microscopical examination of individual bees. Reply: Yes this is very much true but other signs in front of hives can be looked for concerning trachael mites, and simple field dissections can also be done, with hand held 10X magnifiers also to see if the dead bees had trachael mites by common everyday beekeepers. Further I am sure in the archives here this information for beekeepers for doing can be pulled up, as it has been talked about in the past. Dee A. Lusby __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************