REGARDING RE>Virus Alert David Eyre writes: "This morning my e-mail downloaded automatically 2 unsolicited files on Varroa. When I tried to print them out my Norton Anti-Virus Alert informed me they were infected with a virus. Timid.431. {2}. This virus will affect your .SYS files and Command.com may halt your computer. PLEASE, PLEASE could we stop sending unsolicited files, if you have an important file which you think would be of value, then ask, or better still run it through an anti-virus first." Well, I received the same two files as enclosures, put them in my hard drive, and after your warning, went to print them out. I had no trouble doing this - they printed out fine after I changed the text format to Word format. Then I ran the virus detection program Disinfectant on my Mac, and no viruses at all were detected. There must be a major difference between your system and mine. I greatly appreciated the paper on selection for varroa resistance in honeybees. But I will have to agree with your advice, that one should ask first before sending unsolicited material, no matter how generally helpful it may be. Ted Fischer