On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:03:21 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote:

on a slightly different note, i thought i'd pass on the following as it was
in my local paper - if you see a bee (of any kind) with a raised shiny lump
on it's back, it may very well be the ghastly verroa mite (the mites attach
to the bees) & one should contact one's council, r.l.p.b. or similar, to try
to track down the infected hive/s & destroy the mites.

Is your local paper printed outside Australia? We don't have varroa
mites here (yet). If you find them, tell the Dept. of Ag. straight away.
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