"It is important to understand that when more people lived on farms and
more legislators were farmers, there was greater concern over agricultural
problems.  The chief reason for supporting state inspection of colonies
has been the need to have an adequate supply of healthy bees for
pollination.  Apple growers, for example, have always been strong
supporters of bee disease inspection programs because they need good
colonies for pollination.  State legislatures are not so agriculturally
oriented today becauseso few of their members are farmers. Agriculture has
been successful in the United States and food is abundant and cheap.  As a
result people don't worry about their food suply and there is less
interest in agricultural problems, including bee inspection.  In straight
forward, simple terms this means that beekeepers must become their own
inspectors. They must solve their own disease problems because there will
probably never again be a strong inspection force in most states." - Roger
Morse, "Bee Culture", March 1993.

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