Dave said, of Horry, Marion, Williamsburg, Clarenden
counties in SC:

> This is where about 95% of the SC migratory bees are kept in season.

> Now notice that 3 of 4 of these counties have NO beetles found,
> despite a concentration of inspections in these counties (to certify
> migratories to move).

I was certainly not claiming that EVERY migratory operation was
infested with SHB.  :)

I was stating the obvious - that both the nationwide pattern
of infestation and the patterns within infested states defy
all but a few possible explanations.

In the South Carolina map
http://www.ceris.purdue.edu/napis/pests/shb/imap/scshb.html
we see three counties were SHB was "not found" as of 11/40/2002,
but all the counties that surround them are counties where
SHB was listed as "established".

How did that happen?

There is no apparent natural protection for these counties
that might block the "natural" spread of SHB, so we are
left with the conclusion that such a strange pattern could
not be a result of "natural" spread.

The long distances between infested areas are one clue.
The complete lack of infestation in many states is another.

The pattern of infestation on the East coast of the USA
deserves special attention.  Compared the infested areas
with the paths of Interstate Highways 95, 77, 26, and so on.

                jim

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