Chris posted > Did you go to Apimondia? I have yet to read a full report and Trevor is > uncharacteristically reticent. I thought you got the most important information i.e. the Honey Queen result. From my point of view, and some may say it is biaised, it was great. Despite running around doing organising duties, I was able to catch up with many friends from around the world, caught a few presentations and was able to see all of the ApiExpo over time. The Technical Tour day was very interesting and no, they didn't get attacked by snakes, spiders or crocodiles. We had some from one of the tours visit us after Apimondia and there were a few of your fellow country men and women on that tour. They were quite pleasant and I managed to keep them away from the snakes, spiders and crocodiles when we went looking at bees. They might have got a bee sting but if they did, they did not complain. So all in all you missed a great time but hey you didn't get attacked by snakes, spiders or crocodiles and that is good. Trevor Weatherhead AUSTRALIA Thinking he now has to re-learn French for Apimondia 2009 ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************