At 03:42 PM 11/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>One of my (high school) students last week asked me what are the five
>biggest threats to beekeeping today.   I said I would ask the list.
>What would YOU say?
 
Governments
Governments
Governments
Governments
Governments
 
I have left off the names of the different government agency's as each
beekeeper will rank them different. They could be anything from the tax
assessor that values your bees that cost you $20. at $200. each hive, or
the Park Service that believes your hives located on public lands for 30
years are suddenly an unreasonable danger to the public. Or maybe the local
Bee Inspector that is going into the bee business on your family locations
of 50 years because he can supply rodent or weed killer to the land owner
at no cost. Some Professor at the University who is looking for grant money
and hyping some problem in the bees you don't have or just a fellow
beekeeper who adds to his numbers with your equipment. And lets not forget
the bees worst enemy, we are it.
 
ttul, the OLd Drone
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