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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>I wonder if this explains why NM didn’t have as many colony losses? I don’t know too many people that claim to use amitraz. How many people on SDCBeeks use it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> hive <hive-bounces@lists.sdcbeeks.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kate Whealen<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 2, 2025 5:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> hive@sdcbeeks.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [SDCBeeks] Viruses from Miticide Resistant Parasitic Mites are Cause of Recent Honey Bee Colony Collapses<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2025/usda-researchers-find-viruses-from-miticide-resistant-parasitic-mites-are-cause-of-recent-honey-bee-colony-collapses/"><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>USDA Researchers Find Viruses from Miticide Resistant Parasitic Mites are Cause of Recent Honey Bee Colony Collapses : USDA ARS</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2025/usda-researchers-find-viruses-from-miticide-resistant-parasitic-mites-are-cause-of-recent-honey-bee-colony-collapses/"><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>ars.usda.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2025/usda-researchers-find-viruses-from-miticide-resistant-parasitic-mites-are-cause-of-recent-honey-bee-colony-collapses/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=30 height=30 style='width:.3125in;height:.3125in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DBD3F1.553928B0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>