Well, I went out and looked again and found five on one drop board and one on another, so there are mites there. This was another 24 hour sample, and a one-day sample tends to be very inaccurate. Several days or a week give better indications. They were odd-looking in that some were almost shells. The undersides appear to have been eaten out. They also are a dull brown compared the reddish ones I am more accustomed to seeing. I am experimenting with some screened bottoms that have a sliding drop board underneath and there is sufficiently large crack for wasps to enter. I am not seeing ants. I have not been using grease or oil and suppose that maybe I should. I'll have to look back in my notes to see how |I interpreted the drops. I had quite a bit of discussion in my diary last fall or the fall before last. To be continued... http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary *********************************************** 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 Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm