Monit reliability in monitoring Apache

[Peter M. Abraham]

Greetings:

On a regular basis, though the frequency varies, we will get an email 
alert from monit stating the following:

        'apache' process is not running

Yet, when we log onto the server, Apache is running, the pid file 
present where the pid file is supposed to be, and the PID in the pid 
file is what's running in the process tree.

What can be done so that Monit doesn't lose the Apache connection if 
the pid file is present, the PID within the pid file correct, and 
live in the process tree?

Thank you.