> the (hive beetle) would have stayed in it's original finding state and
> not transported into the other states that the migratory hives traveled
to.
I believe the small hive beetle was first discovered on US soil in South
Carolina.
Inspection program or not, you are not going to contain migratory
beekeepers. They are a group that prides themselves on their independence.
Aaron Morris - thinking don't fence me in!
PS: For the record, not a migratory.