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Great discussion, all! Glad to see some new faces.
I would love to see someone convince the grape growers that bees would
improve the quality of their crop--that would immediately give California
beekeepers a huge shot in the arm!
>But consider this: quarantines on the movement honey bees were tried in an
> effort to limit honey bee pathogens and in all cases failed.
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Pete, I feel that you may be overextending on this point. They have hardly
failed--in fact, they postponed the import of several serious pathogens, and
likely the AHB. There are still other serious pests and pathogens out there
that we don't want.
I strongly support a well-designed importation protocol, including
quarantine, for any overseas shipments of bees--overseas being the operative
word, since the seas are natural barriers to bee pathogen distribution.
At the same time, I realize that such quarantines are futile, if our
northern and southern neighbors do not take part.
Randy Oliver
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