Kim is correct:

>Included in the list of proposed spending reductions for the remainder of
this fiscal year are plans to cut funding for the Agriculture Research
Service (USDA-ARS) by $246 million in this current year. Deeper cuts are
likely for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, 2011.
Beekeepers need to call their House Representative and both of their
Senators to urge that the small honey bee research program be left intact
and remain at least at current spending levels:
Point out the urgent need for a solution to CCD and other conditions
affecting honey bee health.
Point out the importance of honey bees to agriculture crops – $17.9 billion
by the latest estimate.
Point out that USDA honey bee research is a small program on a tight budget
that can't absorb hefty across-the-board cuts like large programs can.
Point out how important good honey bee health is to your own beekeeping
business.<

Foolishly, I associated the $246 million with the request to urge congress
to continue honey bee research.

Was this association on the part of ABF just questionable judgment, or was
there a deliberate attempt to mislead?

Why is not someone telling us what is spent on honey bee research, and what
percent of ARS that is?  How can one intelligently comment on the $246
million without that kind of information?

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