Kathy, oh crap!!! If it does get worse, just don't work with that hive to try and save it. Remember I told you that I too tried so hard to save that chalkbrood colony of mine? Didn't work, after a couple of months of trying. Just suck it up and take it as a learning curve, hard to do, but sometimes we just gotta say no......good luck girl, I hope it works OK for you in the end. HAve that most wonderfully great and beautiful day, life, health. Cindi