> > Blair, > I think the MD. bee-keepers are being a bit snobbish.Va. has > excellent bee-keeper support. Mr. Robert Wellemeyer is your VA inspector. His office number is: 540-347-6380. Tell him I said hello. (I used to be a VA inspector--the Shenandoah valley area.) If you had any clue as to how precarious the honey bee program in Virginia hangs, you'd not be knocking it, but supporting it. When I was an inspector all I wanted to do was help people: they called me. They had some idea how to find me. Bee inspection in VA is through VDACS. Check your facts before going world-wide. Blair, if you care about honey bee inspection, and beekeeping in general, why not try to work with the exsisting system in your state? Or you could move to MD. :) Adam Entomology 324 Price Hall VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24001-0325 -- _________________ Adam Finkelstein [log in to unmask]