It's well known that honey can contain the spores of American and European foulbrood. At least one country, New Zealand, does not permit entry of foreign honey for fear that it might serve as a source of infection (especially by EFB). Tom ========================================================= Thomas W. Culliney Phone: (808) 973-9529 Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture Facsimile: (808) 973-9533 Division of Plant Industry E-mail: [log in to unmask] 1428 South King Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 U.S.A. =========================================================