anonymous wrote : new InitialContext().lookup("java:comp/env/jms/vpoToEmotiveQueue"); It depends on where you are doing the lookup using the InitialContext. Is this being done in the same bean where the @Resource is defined? In which case, this should work. However, if you are doing the lookup in some other component of your application, then this wont work. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4129392#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...