More Varroa

Wasn't quite happy with the photo's I had of the varroa - needed more magnification to see the blighters, so jerry rigged a 'super macro' lens by taping an old 50mm lens (backwards) to the front of the camera:-



I'm happier with the results, though at this magnification you don't have much depth of field:-

The markings on this ruler to the right of the photo above are at 0.5mm intervals giving an idea of the size of these monsters.