Peter Interesting article, but the bee inspection program is the least of NYS's problems. They best start addressing the bear problem if they want to keep honeybees in NY. You can only afford to lose so many hives before you give up....and DEC at this point doesn't seem to care much. Jim http://www.northernqueens.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************