Everyone:

As often happens, no discussion of the most important event in
months.  Medhat reported "But the (MN) beekeepers pressed their case to the
state Supreme Court, which held, in part, that "a land possessor with
actual knowledge or notice of foraging honey bees on the property comes
under a duty of reasonable care in the application of pesticides.''

Every beekeeper in the nation should thank Jeff and Steve and Jim.  They
spent an enormous amount of  their own time and money pursuing this
topic.  The two lower court's decisions more or less made a mockery of
pesticide label requirements -- calling them advisory only.

That meant that the label's wouldn't be worth the paper that they were
printed on.  Thanks to the persistence of these three beekeepers, we now
have a critical precedent - one that has implications to each and every
beekeeper in the country.

So send them an indication of your appreciation -- they fought the battle
that the national associations were slow to respond to.  They also
sustained the costs.  I suggest that a fund be established to help them
defray their costs:

1) continued and severe losses over a period of several years,  and
2) court, travel, consultant costs.

Not sure how one goes about setting up such a fund, maybe ABF or AHPA will
step up to the plate -- the industry owes these MN beekeepers big time.

Sincerely

Jerry J. Bromenshenk
CEO, Bee Alert Technology, Inc.

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