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Message: [QUOTE="addy1, post: 306753, member: 2547"] We have some Russian bees they had more mites than the carnelians bees. Most of our hives are Carnies, they handle the cold weather we have better than Italian bees which we started with. There is another strain of bees that is showing a tendency to bite the legs off the mites. They are doing everything to find ways to fight the mites. It is more the virus that comes from the mites then the mites that kills the bees. We treat the hives 4 times a year with oxalic acid, which is naturally found in the honey, so we don't use chemicals that tend to get into the wax. [/QUOTE]