Hello All,
Allen wrote:
 The cost is also quite high, about $5 per super.  What would the cost be
for honey?  Would it make the import impractical?

The cost WOULD make the import impractical.  The large packers (with their
deep pockets) would lobby that such treatment was unneccessary and that they
would check a sample every once in awhile and see if a problem exists. The
policing of cource would be on the honor system and each packer would report
back IF such a problem exists.   SAFB is of casual concern to the packer.
Losing the honey imports or increasing the cost of imports is. The only
people concerned are Allen, Bob  or other beekeepers.  The old *song &
dance* between the packer & the beekeeper.   In the end the packer gets his
cheap imported honey and the beekeeper gets his SAFB. Interesting thread but
in my opinion irradiating honey simply to keep out SAFB will never happen in
the U.S.
Sincerely,
Bob Harrison
Odessa, Missouri