also EFB was not common in Ireland at that time. Ireland was not supposed to have it and the first discovery for over twenty years had been only a year previously. She had been alerted to the presence of a brood disease by one of the experts who was in charge of a queen rearing workshop. Ruary -----Original Message----- From: Peter Edwards The experts were not expecting, or looking, for disease; the inspector was! *********************************************** 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