... up again. So the hive from which the bee came from should be exterminated if it is not already infested and dead by now from the varroa mite. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kona Queen To: 'Jill Tokuda' ; 'Clift Tsuji' ; 'Sandra Kunimoto' ; 'Brian Taniguchi' ; Lyle Wong ; Neil Reimer ; Carol.L.Okada@hawaii.gov Cc: Garnett Puett ; 'Howard McGinnis' ; 'Hawaiian Queen Co. Inc.' ; mmkliks@hawaii.rr.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9...

... a beekeeper volunteer. What's HDOA? Don't know... Sounds like Hawaii Department of Agriculture... "Subject: This hive was positive for Varroa mites in downtown and the Super Ferry is in port "Aloha Senator Tokuda, Representative Tsuji et colleg: Last Tuesday afternoon, November 26, we removed a large hive of bees from a pipe flange on the roof of 206 Merchant Street, which is literally a stone's throw from where the Super Ferry was ...

...the current Hawaiian taro gene pool, because to them the taro is sacrosanct. Here's a quote from the first article. 'In a heated discussion in the Capitol courtyard, activist Walter Ritte of Molokai yelled to Say and Tsuji, "This is not about research. This is about changing the genes of our ancestors. That's what it is about." 'In a written statement, Ritte said, "The Hawaiians have not given their permission for scientist to modify...

... "arranged appropriately when compared with a natural tooth," the researchers reported in the journal Nature Methods. ADVERTISEMENT (article continues below) The teeth grew and developed normally when transplanted into a mouse, said Takashi Tsuji of the Tokyo University of Science in Chiba, Japan and colleagues. They said their method was the first to show an entire organ could be replaced using just a few cells. "To restore the...