Look as if this message got bounced due to a bad address so here goes again!! ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Due to neglect (through illness) I lost my hive over the winter. At first I wasn't going to restock this year but I think I have changed my mind even though it may be somewhat late. Looking through a catalog for bee suppliers I have come across "Steve Taber Tracheal Mite and Disease Resistant Strain of Bees", they offer "old Fashoind Leather Colored Italians" and "Hybrid Type Strian of Carniolns". Anybody know anything about these bees? Thanks, Doug. Cutler Office of Information Technology, VM Systems Programmer University of North Carolina.