>> not all that much has happened.
>> By "not all that much", I mean "absolutely nothing at all".

> I did check with Dr Ellis, and registration attempts have been dropped.

The ABF seems to think that they can get it registered 
by asking the EPA nicely.  See Continuing Resolution 13:

http://www.abfnet.org/node/10


(Note to novice beekeepers:  Newcomers to the art of beekeeping
may confuse the acroynms "ABF" and "AFB".  One is a scourge of
beekeeping that costs beekeepers thousands every year and is
impossible to get rid of, while the other is a brood disease.
[Its a joke, folks, just a joke.])

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