On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 19:36:17 EDT Christopher Slade <[log in to unmask]> writes: > It was moving bees internationally that >brought us varroa and the Americas "killer bees". Sorry, Chris, but your "alleged ' Americas ' killer bees" originated as escapees from some research hives in Brazil. They were originally brought in to Brazil from Africa -...... Of course, everything - all life forms - moves all over the world these days by one means or another, so trying to shut something out from one's specific piece of the planet is really an exercise in futility, imho. You can block it for a time, but that is a temporary solution. Now, with the internet, substitute ' ideas ' for ' life forms ' above and you will get a notion of the same thing - witness mainland China trying to block parts of the net - a really futile activity - even their new Human Rights Site was hacked within the first 24 hours of its existence ... but I am getting away from Bees and Bee diseases, etc. Al ...................................................................... <"Mailto: [log in to unmask]" > Scituate,Massachusetts,USA The Beehive-Educational Honey Bee Site Check Our Beekeeping Books & Videos http://www.xensei.com/users/alwine ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]