More traps have been added to the PPQ trap line that runs from
Sullivan City, Texas, to Rio Grande City, Texas. There are 257
traps in place in seven trap lines.

Janna Evans, with the office of Legislative and Public Affairs in
Hyattsville, was in the Rio Grande Valley the week of September
24-28, 1990. During that time, she contacted schools, radio
stations, TV stations, city managers, and county agents and
presented to them information about APHIS trap lines, the
identification laboratory, and AHB.

Contact was made with the Harlingen and Brownsville School
Districts. A request was made to include honey bees in their
science classes. The Harlingen School District has designated
the week of November 12-16, 1990, as "Bee Awareness Week."

During that week, local beekeepers and the AHB Program Manager
will visit the local schools to give presentations and answer
questions related to bees, AHB's, and the traps.

The Brownsville School District will video tape "special
messages" targeted to children from Kindergarten to seventh
grades. Why the traps are in the field, to leave them alone, and
what to expect after the AHB arrives will be emphasized.

A positive AHB find was reported from Linares, Nuevo Leon,
Mexico. This is the first AHB find in Nuevo Leon. The town of
Linares is located about 120 miles southwest of Rio Grande City
and approximately 75 miles east of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
The State of Tamaulipas has established a trap line from Nuevo
Laredo to Cd. Mier, Tamaulipas, which parallels the border
between the U.S. and Mexico.

SOURCE: Elba Quintero, Africanized Honey Bee, Program Manager, APHIS (512)427-8527