Don, In a recent message you wrote: > > John > > It seems to me that the USDA has no facilities for virus testing, since > they just hired Anderson from Australia to do their virus testing recently. > > Don Tinker > HCR2 Box 9563 > Keaau, HI 96749 > [log in to unmask] You haven't been reading your American Bee Journals. Drs. Hachiro Shiminuki and Akey Hung from the Beltsville Bee Lab with Jean Adams (whose title I do not know) from the Beltsville Insect Biocontrol Laboratory published an article on bee viruses in the October ABJ. Earlier the Bee lab did a survey of bee viruses around the United States. At our Maryland State Beekeepers Assn. spring meeting in April this year, Dr. Shiminuki told us that the Beltsville Bee Lab is one of three in the world that is qualified to identify bee viruses. So, the answer is, yes, they are qualified to do virus testing. Regards, David Morris, President Maryland State Beekeepers Assn.