> Spain has a higher number of hives than the U,S. and have studied nosema > cerana years longer, Not really true. Spain is about the size of the state of California and had a higher number of hives than the U.S. the last time counted but I doubt you were disputing that. . WHAT I was saying was (and CLEARLY the case) Spain has studied nosema ceranae years longer than the U.S.. If not for CCD our researchers might still think they were looking at nosema apis. bob *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm