I ran across your reply to another post where you mentioned bee keeping which is what led me to your introduction post. I also keep bees although I have not bee able to successfully keep them over a winter yet. I am suspecting that it might have been mites but I am not positive. I also have always loved sailing so when I saw your interest in that I decided to follow you to see what else we might have in common. Your english is much better than many people from the US.