I recently saw "Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees." Full of technology, the story line gets somewhat muddled...for honey bee buffs, there is an interesting segment about the protagonists father who had his bees die in Britian from some malady (tracheal mites?) and went to Mesopotamia to get some resistant types... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tom Sanford Extension Apiculturist University of Florida Mailing Address: Bldg 970, Hull Rd., Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 Voice phone 904/392-1801, Ext. 143 FAX 904/392-0190 INTERNET: [log in to unmask] BITNET: MTS@IFASGNV +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++