> 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. > DAVE: U shud bee sleeping at this hour and not sending email. I'd be in bed except that I could never get on today until now, when U R on. -:) John Iannuzzi PhD * "Singing masons building roofs 9772 Old Annapolis Rd * of gold." --Shakespeare Ellicott City MD 21042 usa * 20 Italian colonies [log in to unmask] * 3-1/2 decades in beedom