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> Here I would say a routine inspection was going on. Appointment should
have been
> made. Then if something out of ordinary found, then kick into
> higher gear. Any big
> problems to be known in area?

In fact, if there are problems known to be in an area (or a beekeeper known
or rumored to be a problem), a "suprise" or short notice inspection is the
only way to go. Some people have been known to move the problems off site
during an inspection then bring them back.

> If true professionals,  then why do
> we need inspectors? We should know what to do.

Sure, you SHOULD.  But you still have inspectors for the same reason that
beef is inspected for mad-cow, goats for scapies, various livestock for hoof
and mouth.  And the same reasoning applies to bees (livestock) with similar
problems that are contagious (foul brood, africanized bees) and the same
laws that give wide powers to bee inspectors. And lab analysis is required
to positively determine AFB (versus other problems that may appear similar
in the field).

And hobby livestock keepers are subject to all the same health rules that
professionals are (except, maybe, testing of their end result at the butcher
shop).

>Professional shouldn't have disease problems they
> cannot handle or they wouldn't be professionals.

A nice dream.  Do cattle ranchers use veterinarians?  Do they do mortality
testing on their own?

> If they cannot, then perhaps
> they should be allowed to go out of business, for do we need
> professinals that have to have their hands held?

If they do not, they tend to accumlate fines and/or jail sentences (for
example, moving livestock with a quarantinable or mandatory termination
class disease, failing to take proper health precautions when such disease
is found in their livestock, etc).

> Maybe inspectors need to concentrate on newbees and professionals
> left alone.

Yes, we all know that "professionals" never get diseased livestock.

> This is one reason I had (when President of Arizona Beekeepers Assoc) The
> laws changed in beekeeping here (finally wiped statutes off books by the
way).

Which, just means many states will not (legally) accept bees moved in from
Arizona -- no inspector to issue a certificate, which most states require
prior to bees coming across the border.

Karen

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