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 > Well, although I am very passionate about honey bees and spread
 > knowledge about them whenever I have a chance, I believe a homeowner
 > has the right to live without them if they are causing him/her great
 > psychological discomfort.  [Just as I do not like raccoons that come
 > and trash my fish pond from time to time (I trap them live and
 > release them 30 miles away).]  I believe not solving the 'problem'
 > for a homeowner gives honeybees and beekeepers a bad reputation.

This is a bit off topic, but I once removed varmints from my property
and relocated them. That is until I learned that the reason I had so
many problem animals was the animal control officer was releasing the
ones caught in the city in our area of the country.

When we move animals we only transfer the problem to someone else. Even
in Maine, where there is lots of actual wilderness, you still have to go
a fairly long way to not be in someone's back yard. Eventually one of
those someones will kill the animal, if it is a true pest, and solve the
problem.

We destroy bad queens and even whole colonies, sometimes reluctantly,
but we would never move the colony to someone else's neighborhood. Just
think AHB.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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