Tick bites were found to be common amongst beekeepers, with 85.25% reporting having experienced these bites, and 26.6% of beekeepers reporting that they frequently experienced tick bites. Interesting note, this time of year every one of my white hive lids will have ticks hanging on it looking for a host Many have 3 or 4. The plain wood ones are empty.... kind of odd. Charles *********************************************** 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