cHi: I am requesting a favor from the Bee-L. The Montana Beekeepers Association Annual Meeting is ongoing in Missoula, MT. On Saturday, many of them are coming over to the campus for short courses on mite detection and computers. Five years ago, two used computers. Now over half do. Eight have signed up for a course on Computer Basics for people who have never touched a computer! Most signed up for some lessons and a discussion of software available for beekeepers. Another group wants to explore the INTERNET! Tomorrow morning (Saturday) between 10 a.m. to noon, they will be on the net. As a demonstration of the power of the Net, I'd like to have some messages sent to them from around the world. A quick howdy would suffice. If you'd like to strike up a conversation (sort of an electronic pen pal, that would be nice). These people are all commercial beekeepers running from 2000 to 10000 colonies. Almost all migrate between Montana and northern California. So as to not bother the rest of the Bee-L members, please send your messages to my personal address: [log in to unmask] Thanks Jerry Bromenshenk Research Professor The University of Montana P.S. Software we found to demonstrate includes: Bee Aware, PC-REDAPOL, PC-TMITE, PC-BEEPOP, BEE ECONOMICS (not available for distribution, but we have the draft manuals). If you know of any others, please respond with a brief description - who, what, where, costs, platform, etc. Thanks Again