>The conventional thinking seems to get lots of money, but keeps coming up empty. Can't agree with that assessment, Allen. I don't know of anyone working on prions, but "conventional" investigation has hardly come up "empty." As far as I see, "conventional" suspects can explain most colony losses (I'm in agreement with Bob here). -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** 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