>Initiallty, can anyone forward the addresses of secretaries of >associations in France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland etc., or other >countries in NW Europe. > For the frenchspeaking part of Belgium, the best contact is the CARI (Centre for apiarian research and information). This centre is based at the Catholic University of Louvain. The CARI organizes superior courses, publishes a technical magazine (in french), make fundamental research about pollination, analyses the honeys, gives advice to the beekeepers in a lot of topics. E-Mail of the CARI : [log in to unmask] Adress : CARI, Place Croix du Sud 4, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Tel: 32/10 47 34 16. Fax 32/10 47 34 90. Name of the director : Etienne Bruneau. Best regards. Luc Noel E-Mail : [log in to unmask]