>> >That fall and during the following winter, I lost 100% of my colonies. >Colonies that are badly stressed by varroa/viruses/nosema are highly >immuncompromised. Hitting them with a strong miticide at that time can >really kill a lot of bees Can't figure what you are saying here, especially given the context and the sequence of events described. *********************************************** 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