In a message dated 3/1/01 10:33:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< what real effect will a strip have on a package during the short period
they are
 packaged? >>

   The chance is very slim. If a beetle touches the strip, it dies in a
couple minutes. I have watched them do it.

   It's a moot point anyway. The beetles have spread rapidly in the southern
USA. If you live here, and you don't have them now, you will have them soon.
They are also present in the North, but don't seem to be any problem, except
for supers brought in and not extracted within a few days.  The beetles can
fly many miles, and they are reputed to travel easily with loads of fruit,
such as cantaloupe. Quarantines and inspections aren't going to stop
something that moves so easily.

Dave Green   SC  USA
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