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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:59:55 -0400
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> From what I could tell the paper is written from a conservation standpoint and is not suggesting eradication of any species - honey bee or otherwise.

She doesn't come right out and say it, if that's what you mean. But how else is one to take this statement:

> Honeybees have large colonies and have become invasive in all regions outside of their Old World origin.

Once a species is labeled as "invasive" there is a whole cascade of legal actions already in place.

> Title 17 of the NY Environmental Conservation Law, the NYS Invasive Species Council Act, establishing the New York Invasive Species Council and an Invasive Species Advisory Committee to identify and coordinate actions to prevent, control, and manage invasive species. 

If she didn't mean to imply eradication, she shouldn't have used the word "invasive." By the way, African honey bees are already on the list, but there is no cost effective and foolproof way to distinguish hybrids from European bees.

PLB

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