>Doubtful that bees have option of disappearing in winter when wrapped. see #063183 2008-01-21 and #063122 2008-01-15 and #063016 2007-12-31 >I do know that last fall, most of the provinces began to see the first varroa mites in the northern regions. What do you mean -- North of 60? Peace river? I know that when I moved my bees away from Pembroke ('95) they had not yet got mites They were only up to Ottawa/Arnprior at that point dave *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html