Andy, I hate to disagree, but while what you say may be true in
California, it does not seem to be true in Texas, which is the heartland
of the AHB invasion.  There are swarm traps every mile across Texas from
the Louisiana border to the New Mexico border, and they are checked every
two weeks (or so the head bee inspector for Texas tells me).  There are
also lesser trap lines gridded in behind the big one.  With all this
deployed, they have seen only a couple of counties added to their
"infected" list in the last two years.
 
On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:57:22 -0800 Andy Nachbaur
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>What was left out is that they are no longer looking or have reduced
>by x
>million $$ money wasted spent on looking. Port of Entry, Sea Ports,
>are
>still actively searching and finding AHB's outside the of so called
>infested areas. California bee regulators got a shock when the tried
>to
>look out ahead of these so called AHB's and found them. Some suggest
>what
>they are and have found is really not AHB but other genetic material
>that
>has been around for years. But the fact is they are no longer looking,
>and
>relie on samples of  bees reported by the public.
 
Walter Weller
Post Office Box 270
Wakefield, Louisiana  70784
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