Walter Patton writes
> Man oh Man do I feel blessed to do beekeeping in Hawaii where we have
>no pest or disease of honey bees that require the use of all of the
>different concoctions and variations of chemicals and medications.

In my humble opinion Walter should enjoy his blessings, but remain vigilant,
and prepare for the day when someone breaks the rules and moves an infected
beehive to Hawaii, either because he/she just wants to move a favourite hive
or worse still wishes to destroy the disease free status of Hawaii (horrible!).

Moving infected hives is what what happened to the Emerald Isle, admittedly
much nearer the source of infection than Hawaii is.

I sincerely hope that the evil day for Hawaii is a long way off.

Sincerely
Tom Barrett
49 South Park, Foxrock
Dublin 18
Ireland
Tel + 353 1 289 5269
Fax + 353 1 289 9940