Randy wrote: "It appeared to me, based solely upon visual identification, that N ceranae was still in the invasion stage in all of those areas at that time." In the UK, the scientists at the Ministry's lab at York, who have undoubtedly 'got their eye in' still send samples for DNA analysis for confirmation. Chris *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html