I'm also in central NC. I can't speak historically, but about 3 days ago I pulled all of the queens in my hives and gave them all a q-cell. I'm going to give them two weeks from when I planted them (or roughly 9 days from when they're scheduled to hatch) to give them an OA vapor treatment. There will still be some brood capped, but enough will be exposed for me to knock down the mites (between the brood break and the OA treatment). At least, that's my plan for this year *********************************************** 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