In a message dated 97-12-15 23:28:44 EST, you write:
 
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>  The Beekeeper's Handbook, Third Edition
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>  by Diana Sammataro, Ph.D. and Alphonse Avitabile
>
>  Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile have revised and expanded their
>  clear and comprehensive guide to cover changes in beekeeping. They discuss,
>  for example, the crisis created by the parasitic bee mites. In less than a
>  decade, for example, Varroa mites have saturated the North American honey
>  bee population with disastrous results, devastating both managed and wild
>  populations. The new edition of The Beekeeper's Handbook covers mite
>  detection and control, as well as the selection and testing of bees that
>  may have some tolerance to mites.
 
This note was posted several months ago.  It also mentioned that the new
printing would be out in April.  Anybody know the status of that info?  I
can't find it in the Cornell Press homepage.
 
TWH
Decatur, IL  USA