Sad article about the bees, I dont think people truely appreciate their importance in the food-chain and eco-system. There was another article on this I read and his solution to how he treats his bees for this mite is to pour sifted soft sugar over the hives, which in turn coats his bees - then the bees attract each other and clean eachother; they pick the mites off and they fall to bottom of hive and out on to a tray. He said he was successful with this method- @amyerstownfarm