At 10:19 -0500 3/31/99, [log in to unmask] wrote: >All of what I have written here is exactly the reason the US DEPT. of >AGRICULTURE started the official honey bee inspection program so that BY LAW, >colonies had to be BURNED UP in order to protect non infected colonies. >Commercial beekeepers HAVE to treat with Terramycin because they just risk an >entire apiary becoming infected. I think Ethyl Bromide and Vikane gas are used as termite fumigants. I wonder if these will kill spores. Also a few months back I was reading about a radiation sterilizing plant that was built in the Riverside Callifornia area. No doubt this would kill spores and allow the equipment to be salvaged. I wonder what the cost would be. Paul