My refined concern is in advising folks who aren't aware there is a 
pesticide label (let alone that it has the force of law), that PPE 
requirements are optional.  Some of the people making this 
recommendation may have experience in handling chemicals (and be at 
least in their own eyes legitimate experimenters), though the same can't 
be presumed of all new beekeepers.

My suspicion (hardly informed as the name of this list implies) is that 
in MA, the Commonwealth did not want the liability of having an employee 
not certified in pesticide application, doing so.  The potential 
consequences of beekeepers who are unable to or purposely ignore 
pesticide labels, scare me as I can't predict what the governmental 
response will be.  Unfortunately, requiring beekeepers to use certified 
pesticide applicators seems all too likely.



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