Hi, Peter Borst, Our southern red fire-ants probably do an even better job of soil improvement than the African termites do. California should be inviting them in, not keeping them out. Walter Weller *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm