Bob writes:
>Ps. I find it curious that Beltsville (does most the testing for beekeepers)
>and Baton Rouge (home of the SMR project) could not keep funding but a bee
>lab in AHB area keeps its and a grant is given to Cornell for AHB research.
>A excellent point raised in the discussion by Allen!


The above statement contains at least one error:
The grant was not given to Cornell for AHB research.
The idea is to develop non-AHB stock for distribution.

see:
http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicles/1.17.02/honeybee_center.html

>Cornell will be the home for a new Honeybee Genetics and Integrated
>Pest Management Center that will study the continuing threat from
>deadly parasitic mites and Africanized honeybees.
>
>Because the breeding populations will be maintained using
>closed-mating technology, they will be kept free of Africanized
>honeybee genes, thereby providing an unadulterated source for
>commercial queen and package producers.
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