(Myself, I have never done that; the bees here have died of other reasons so far. With a split now from someone else, I just don’t know if mites had already been introduced into the hive before they arrived here.)

On Aug 12, 2025, at 8:18 PM, eard17@aol.com wrote:

No mites so far. Planning to check again soon.
Elisa

On Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 01:28:38 PM MDT, Christa Coggins <christa.coggins@outlook.com> wrote:

Greetings SDCBeeks:

I know this was brought up earlier in the summer, and I'm curious what people's experiences are now as we close the summer: we have been having very low (neglible) mite counts this year.

Are others having "regular" mite years so far, or lower than average? (and of course the #s will go up as fall kicks in...)

Thanks for responding with your observations this summer!

Christa Coggins
Santa Fe, NM
505-603-0530

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